on car repairs.<\/a>\u00a0“After my car was submerged in water last time, it spent nearly 10 days in the garage. I received my car just two days ago, I won’t let that happen again.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nKamil Shareef, a resident of Al Mahatta in Kalba, will also be relocating with his family to his brother\u2019s house in Sharjah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen the streets flooded last time, I had to move my wife and kids to my brother’s house in Sharjah. My wife is five months pregnant and I can’t take any chances,\u201d said Shareef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur apartment consists of just two floors \u2014 ground and first. People residing on the ground floor have moved their furniture and homeware to the corridors on the first floor.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safeguarding vehicles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Residents are also parking their cars at elevated areas, away from flood-prone zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am well aware of the risks that come with heavy rainfall and the threat of flooded streets near my house,” said Shahrez Ahmed, a resident of Majaz in Sharjah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Normally, I park my car at a private parking near my house which is usually submerged in water when it rains. It’s essential to take extra precaution. For the next two days, I will be parking my vehicle at an area that offers higher ground.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Heeding the authorities’ warnings, UAE residents are making every effort to stay safe in anticipation of the ‘severe’ weather conditions that are expected to hit the country this weekend. Families from vulnerable and flood-prone areas, such as Al Ain and Kalba, have decided to temporarily leave their homes and move to safer grounds. Some opted to stay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uae","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3541,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions\/3541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajmantimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}