Dubai workers evacuated after earthquake

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Workers have been evacuated from buildings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi after the second deadly earthquake in the region in eight days.

At least 40 people are dead in Iran and five in Pakistan, with hundreds more casualties also feared, authorities have told local media.

Officials have declared a state of emergency in the region, describing the quake as the worst in 40 years.

All communications in the area have been cut and rescuers and assessment and evaluation teams from the Iranian Red Crescent Society have been dispatched, the Iranian Red Crescent's Mahmoud Mozaffar told state television.