Yesterday, a wave of rains in Dubai caused traffic accidents and some traffic jams, as a result of water pools.
The Command and Control Center at the General Operations Department of Dubai Police received 4,581 calls, starting from midnight the day before yesterday until 10 am yesterday, and it recorded 154 traffic accidents. The Director of the Traffic Department in Dubai Police, Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, stated that “Dubai Traffic” It intensified the field presence of traffic patrols in the streets of the emirate, to manage the traffic movement that was somewhat slow, as a result of the water gathering in a number of areas and the heavy rainfall, pointing out that the patrols closed a number of tracks in some streets, as well as the traffic traffic was converted to roads Alternative, in addition to vehicle insurance Which was hit by traffic accidents, which were broken down on the road.
For its part, Dubai Municipality said that 300 employees have participated in the drainage of rain water, which fell on the emirate, yesterday, confirming that it worked to address all the reports it received, noting that rainwater drainage stations operate according to the highest standards of readiness.
She said that she is following, through its concerned organizational units and its emergency center, the weather conditions issued by the National Meteorological Center, and accordingly the level of the emergency situation is determined.
In addition, the Executive Director of the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, Khalifa Al-Drai, confirmed that an urgent plan to deal with the expected rain wave, based on raising the degree of readiness of all ambulance cadres, including drivers, paramedics, emergency medicine technicians and emergency doctors, in anticipation of any surprises, and dealing with any accident throughout hours Day and night, especially as a result of natural factors.