Overview
- Emergency operators logged 32,391 calls to 999 and 6,908 to the 901 non-emergency line over Thursday and Friday.
- Dubai Police supported residents through 1,690 live chats and hundreds of emails via its website during the peak of the bad weather.
- Sharjah Municipality handled 522 waterlogging reports and seven fallen-tree incidents as the 993 call centre ran at full capacity.
- Dedicated numbers routed water-pooling reports from Sharjah Police directly to call handlers, with a separate line linking to field teams to speed responses.
- Authorities issued safety alerts, urged residents to limit travel, directed traffic, and deployed pumps to clear flooded roads as conditions improved and beaches, parks, and markets reopened.