The houses of citizens of al-Baraha district in the city of Kalba were damaged by the rainwater, which stormed their homes. The walls of the houses and the roofs of houses fell yesterday, causing damage to the property, as well as damage to vehicles and farms and the death of a number of livestock.
Residents of the area pointed out that large pits were erected in front of their homes because of the lack of paving of the internal streets, and the lack of drainage tunnels in the internal streets adjacent to the area, which linked to the main street stakeholders did not absorb the large quantities of water rushing, which led to the entry of water To their neighborhoods.
For his part, Director of the Department of Housing Department in Sharjah, Engineer Ibrahim Al-Hosani said that the department provided three temporary housing for citizens whose roof roofs fell as a result of rain water. He pointed out that the housing situation was followed up with the responsible authorities to extract water from the houses and clean it up. The inhabitants can safely return to it.
One of the victims, Ali Khamis al-Kaabi, from al-Baraha district in Kalba city, said that the main cause of rainwater harvesting inside the houses in Al-Baraha area is not paving the internal roads of the area despite its feet. Last year, as rain water covered the furniture of his house completely, and was compensated by the Government of Sharjah for the amount of his help ».
He pointed out that «the budget of the maintenance of the house is very large and exhausting, especially as it is a sudden because of heavy rain», pointing out that «a radical solution must be developed as the rains have frightened the population because of the subsequent damage may be significant, the internal streets are a renewed problem in the fall seasons The rain, especially as it is formed digging with the intensity of rain, and the entry of water to the homes with ease ».
"When the heavy rain fell yesterday, I was not in my house. When I and my children came back, I was surprised that the back wall of the house had been broken, and the rain had flooded all our vehicles until we were trapped," he said.
According to Mohammed Abdullah, from the Al-Baraha area, "citizens in the Al-Baraha area were not surprised by the storming of the heavy rainwater of their homes. They rushed into the rooms and flooded them completely." He pointed out that he suffered significant material damages last year during the rainy season, To drain the rainwater accumulated inside the house, and the water was withdrawn eight times repeatedly, and the roof of his house fell completely the cost of 105 thousand dirhams for reconstruction, and changed the furniture of the house completely because of damage.
He added that «the rain water yesterday surrounded a large number of citizens inside their homes, causing great damage to them and in vehicles too», noting that his children could not go to school by bus because of the accumulation of water and mixing with the dirt road problem of sticky mud difficult to pass through.
He called on officials to develop and implement planned future plans, avoid population damage caused by heavy rains, and quickly act in such emergency situations.
"We were not surprised by the rain coming into our homes because of the rain," she said. "We are suffering from frequent rains." She said that it was not the first time she changed her furniture because of the accumulated rain. Houses and furniture and electronic appliances.
She blamed the damage on "not paving the internal streets, which makes it unable to absorb the large quantities of water rushing in."
Rain caused damage to farms and the death of a number of cattle.