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How to clean your home after the

UAE’s heaviest rainfall on record?

Residents share tips

Documenting any damage is recommended as is combating mold and mildew

Ensure light furniture and loose objects are not at risk of flying off the next time it rains. Mona Al
Marzooqi / The National

Panna Munyal
Apr 17, 2024

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F rom leaky ceilings and sopping furniture to flooded rooms and gardens

turned to mush, yesterday’s record-breaking downpour adversely

affected many homes as well as living conditions.

The basic wiping, squeegeeing and mopping aside, we ask residents and

experts how to reverse the damage, as well as ways to reduce the impact the
next time it rains. Feedback

Today: Disinfect and document

Neha Gaggar, co-founder of team-building company Rush-A-Way, found

herself facing a fallen tree right at the entrance of her Umm Suqeim villa. “My
husband and I could not move it ourselves, so we rang Dubai Municipality call

centre number [800 900] at 7pm on Tuesday. We were told the agricultural
division would get here when they can to move it.”

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