Abu Dhabi: An Emirati girl drowned in the flooding Wadi Shoukat river in southern Ras Al-Khaimah as torrential rain hit parts of the UAE.
RAK police rescue and medication director Lieutenant Tariq Al-Sherhan said that the girl, who was in the company of her family, was playing near the river when she fell into it and drowned.
Her father jumped in after her and pulled her out but she had already died.
In a separate incident, three Emiratis nearly drowned after their car which broke down was carried away by the flooding Wadi Al-Manea river.