Abu Dhabi receives 836 cases of damage post thunderstorm

Abu Dhabi - ADM has successfully signed off 80 per cent of the reported cases.

Since the weather vagaries started, the Abu Dhabi Municipality (ADM) has received more than 836 reported cases. An Emirati family in Bani Yas were also evicted to a hotel on Wednesday, after their house incurred damage, as a result of the thunderstorm that hit Abu Dhabi.
ADM has successfully signed off 80 per cent of the reported cases. The civic body is making every effort to sign-off the standing complaints at the earliest time possible.
Musabbah Mubarak Al Murar, Acting General Manager of ADM, said: "The move reflects the Municipality's societal responsibility and its keenness to provide the required logistic support, and full care to all residents."
"The Municipality is poised to implement the directives of our wise leadership that call for attaching utmost attention and offer all possible support to the population highest tranquility, besides ensuring the highest safety standards," noted Al Murar.
"The emergency teams follow residents' conditions on regular basis to meet their needs and ensure them comfort and safety," added Al Murar.
Meanwhile, ADM continues to mobilise emergency teams who work day and night in order sign off all reported cases, remove debris from roads, drain rainwater, and address all consequences resulting from the weather conditions.
The Municipality adopts a systematic plan to deal with the reported cases by setting priorities,taking into account all security and safety measures to mitigate to curtail the implications of such thunderstorm.
Following the torrential rain, the highest rainwater masses were monitored in New Al Falah area, where the Municipality is currently assessing the current situation to figure out solutions so as to avoid such adverse impacts resulting from weather vagaries in the future
With the concerted efforts of strategic partners, the Municipality's emergency teams have succeeded in addressing these issues, and draining the accumulated rainwater.
No lives were lost as a result of the thunderstorm, nor physical material damage incurred by public or private property, infrastructure or utilities, noted ADM.
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