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At least seven dead due to recent UAE floods
The authorities are still carrying out evacuations in Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Fujairah, the areas worst affected by floods that followed torrential rainfall
Published : 29 July 2022, 02:57 PM
Updated : 30 July 2022, 05:00 AM
Seven Asian expatriates have been found dead in the United Arab Emirates following recent floods across the country, the UAE's interior ministry said on Friday.
The ministry said on Twitter it was updating an earlier death toll, after an Asian expatriate who had been missing was found dead.
The ministry said that field units are still carrying out evacuations in the emirates of Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Fujairah, the worst affected by floods that followed torrential rainfall.
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