Three Filipino workers tragically lost their lives in the recent flooding that struck the United Arab Emirates, according to Filipino officials.
The desert nation is grappling with the aftermath of record rainfall, as communities work to recover from the devastating impact of the floods.
According to iol.co.za, Two women suffocated inside their vehicle during the flooding and one man died when his vehicle fell into a sinkhole, the Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers said.
The women died in Dubai, the first confirmed deaths from the floods in the city and the man died in Sharjah, media officers from the department told AFP.
Their deaths bring the toll to at least four after a 70-year-old man was swept away in his vehicle in Ras Al-Khaimah, another of the oil-rich Gulf state’s seven emirates.
A statement from the migrant workers’ department said; “The two females died due to suffocation inside their vehicle during the flooding“.
