MUSCAT: Six people have died after two days of heavy rainfall in some governorates of the Sultanate, the Royal Oman Police said on Saturday.
Due to the impact of low pressure, several parts of the country has been hit by intense rain, sparking floods in several governorates.
Speaking in an interview with Oman TV, Captain Munir bin Muhammad Al Sinan from the Public Relations Department of ROP confirmed the death cases. “At least six people have died due to the effects of the depression in some governorates of the Sultanate of Oman,” Al Sinan informed.
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Meanwhile, Oman Met has said that the low pressure is expected to last till January 5.
“The weather is expected to be cloudy over the governorates of Musandam, North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah, Muscat, Al Buraimi, Al Dahirah, Al – Dakhliya, South Al Sharqiya and North Al Sharqiya with chances of rain occasionally thundershowers associated with fresh winds, flash floods, hail and wadis. Chances of thundershowers concentrate over Governorates of Musandam, North Al Batinah and al Hajar mountains during the coming two days, while the weather will be partly cloudy skies with chance of isolated rain over rest of the Sultanate of Oman Governorates,” Oman Met said in the statement.
