The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday said three overseas Filipino workers died during the flooding in the United Arab Emirates.

DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac, in a post on X, said two OFWs died due to suffocation inside their vehicle during the flood, while another died due to a vehicular accident.

“We shall provide utmost support and assistance to their families,” Cacdac added.

With extreme sadness, we report the death of 3 OFWs during the flooding in UAE. Two OFWs died due to suffocation inside their vehicle during the flood. One other OFW died due to a vehicular accident. We shall provide utmost support and assistance to their families.

— hans leo j. cacdac (@HansLeoCacdac) April 18, 2024

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman.

Dubai, the Middle East's financial center, was paralyzed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Flagship shopping center Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates both suffered flooding and water was ankle-deep at at least one Dubai Metro station.

Roads and residential communities also suffered heavy flooding in scenes repeated around the oil-rich Emirates, a desert country where rain is an unusual event. - with a report from Agence France-Presse

Heavy floods hit Dubai, airport as Oman toll rises to 18