Sharjah Airport warns travellers, Abu Dhabi shuts parks, beaches
ABU DHABI: Many parts of the UAE received heavy to moderate rainfall on Friday evening.
According to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) Yas Island, Al Shawamekh and Bani Yas region of Abu Dhabi received moderate rainfall in the evening. Rain is expected on Saturday in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Other emirates of the UAE will continue to have partly cloudy weather, the NCM’S statement said. The UAE Ministry of Interior said that police, rescue officials, paramedics and civil defence are fully prepared to deal with any emergencies.
Earlier, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation issued a circular to the private sector companies across the UAE to allow employees to work from home on the exceptional weather conditions.
Sharjah International Airport also clarified that the country is expected to be affected by strong weather instability starting from Friday evening, until noon of Sunday.
The Sharjah Airport called on travellers to come to the airport three hours before their flight time, and to check with the airline companies in the event of any flight delays.
The weather fluctuation condition will gradually decrease and remain within the Eastern regions zone starting from Sunday evening and night. Different areas of the country will be affected by the weather condition, according to the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA’S) statement.
Initsstatement,theministryofhumanresources said, “In light of the exceptional weather conditions in the UAE and ater coordinating with relevant authorities, we call on private sector companies to take caution and all necessary occupational safety measures to maintain the safety of its workers during periods of weather fluctuations.” It added, “We urge private sector companies to apply remote work for those whose nature of work allows, as well as comply with the directives issued by the relevant local authorities in each emirate regarding the exceptional weather conditions and their impact on business.”
The authorities said that some UAE schools will close and shit to remote learning due to adverse weather conditions and that the decision will be taken by the emergency and crisis management teams in each of the affected emirates.
The Abu Dhabi Municipality decided to close all parks and beaches in the city temporarily because of the rain to preserve safety of the visitors.
On its social media account, the Abu Dhabi Municipality said, “Due to the expected unstable weather conditions and fluctuations, and to preserve the safety of the community, the Abu Dhabi City Municipality announces the closure of all Abu Dhabi parks and beaches, starting from Friday, until the weather conditions end and stabilise.”