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Cyclone Shaheen: 7 dead in North Al Batinah, death toll rises to 11 in Oman

Cyclone Shaheen made landfall in Musannah and Suwaiq bringing torrential rains and flooding wadis.

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Monday, October 4, 2021

MUSCAT: Oman’s National Center for Emergency Management has reported seven new death cases due to tropical cyclone Shaheen in North Al Batinah Governorate on Monday.

The total death cases due to cyclone Shaheen touched 11 in the country.

Cyclone Shaheen made landfall in Musannah and Suwaiq bringing torrential rains and flooding wadis. While the storm has been downgraded to tropical depression, Oman Met in its latest weather report stated: “it will continue to affect the governorates of Al Dhahirah, North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah, Al Buraimi and Al Dakhiliyah with heavy rainfall (70 to 200 mm) leading to flooding of the valleys with moderate to brisk winds.”

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