UAE Announces $544m To Repairs Homes.
United Arab Emirates has announced $544 million to repair the homes of Emirati families on Wednesday after last week’s record rains caused widespread flooding and brought the oil-rich Gulf state to a standstill.
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum after a cabinet meeting, said that ministers approved two billion dirhams to deal with damage to the homes of citizens.
Wednesday’s announcement comes more than a week after the unprecedented deluge lashed the desert country, where it turned streets into rivers and hobbled Dubai airport, the world’s busiest for international passengers.
The rainfall, the UAE’s heaviest since records began 75 years ago, killed at least four people, including three Filipino workers and one Emirati. UAE authorities have not released an official toll.
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