No Filipino casualty reported in Dubai floods – DMW

Motorists drive along a flooded street following heavy rains in Dubai early on April 17, 2024. Dubai, the Middle East’s financial centre, has been paralysed by the torrential rain that caused floods across the UAE and Bahrain and left 18 dead in Oman on April 14 and 15. (AFP)

MANILA, Philippines — No Filipino casualty or fatality has so far been reported amid the flooding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Wednesday. 

“Severe flooding reported, per local media and other sources. No dead or injured Filipinos —  hoping this remains so,” DMW told reporters in a Viber message. 

The Philippine government’s data showed that there are at least 421,686 Filipinos in Dubai as of June 2023. 

Meanwhile, DMW assured the public that its migrant workers offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are now preparing food items and other basic needs for overseas Filipino workers who might need it.

No other details have been provided so far. 

International news reports said Dubai has been “paralyzed” by torrential rains that caused floods across the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and left 18 dead in Oman over the weekend. 

The torrential downpour reportedly brought 254 millimeters of rain in the region on Tuesday.

International reports said it was the highest rainfall since records began in 1949, before the formation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971.