3 Filipino workers killed during historic United Arab Emirates floods
- Two women suffocated inside their vehicle during the flooding and one man died when his vehicle fell into a sinkhole, Philippine officials said
- Dubai airport, the world’s busiest for international travellers, cancelled 1,000 flights and roads remained badly flooded and littered with abandoned cars Friday
Three workers from the Philippines have died in heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino officials announced, as the desert country struggled on Friday to recover from record rains.
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 in a statement.
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 said.
The incidents bring the death toll to at least four after a 70-year-old man was swept away in his vehicle in Ras Al-Khaimah, one of the oil-rich Gulf state’s seven emirates.
“The two females died due to suffocation inside their vehicle during the flooding,” said the migrant workers department statement issued on Thursday.
“The third victim died due to major injuries sustained from an accident when his vehicle fell into a sinkhole at the height of the flooding.”
