UAE authorities on alert as summer rain falls on Northern Emirates

Showers on Monday afternoon but no major flooding reported

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  Tankers releasing water into the sea after the recent flood in Fujairah. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National

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  Municipality workers cleaning the road near the corniche after the recent flood in Fujairah.

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  Fujairah's government has asked residents to report damage to their homes, vehicles and possessions as it seeks to record the scale of the floods.

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  There have been intensive efforts to clear streets and other flood-hit areas.

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  Hundreds of volunteers cleared debris and distributed food and water to those in need.

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  A worker helps clear a road as pools of water remain after recent flooding.

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  A tanker helps to pump water from a flooded road.

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  A water tanker works as part of a major clean-up operation in Fujairah.

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  A welcome spell of sunshine on Monday offered a chance for motorists to dry out their cars.

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  A water tank helps to clear a heavily flooded road in Kalba, Sharjah, on Monday.

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  Workers clear mud from the roads after recent floods in Kalba.

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  Kalba was one of the areas hardest hit by last week's heavy rainfall.

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  Standing water remains in Fujairah, days after the heavy rainfall.

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  A road remains underwater in Kalba.

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  An extensive clean-up operation continues in Kalba after the country's wettest weather in decades.

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  Tankers clear the waterlogged area around a mosque near the corniche after last week's flash floods in Fujairah.

Rain fell in the Northern Emirates on Monday afternoon as the authorities remained alert after deadly floods last week.

From Ajman to Fujairah on the east coast there were summer showers.

A video from the national weather centre showed water cascading down the mountains In Ras Al Khaimah, although there were no reports of major flooding.

Last week, seven people died and more than 800 had to be rescued when the heaviest summer downpour in three decades caused flooding across the northern and eastern coasts.

The National Centre of Meteorology forecast rain showers and temperatures in the twenties, far lower than the normal summer highs in the mid-forties.

The Ministry of Interior urged motorists to drive with care.

The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (Ncema) said there could be high winds and dust blowing in some areas.

In the far western region and the Saudi border, rain was forecast to fall on Monday.

There may be more showers on Tuesday, a weather chart showed, but it should be contained to the eastern coast and Oman.

Qatar and eastern Saudi Arabia have reported heavy showers in recent days.

In Doha there was heavy flooding in parts of the low-lying city after a heavy downpour on Thursday, local media reported.