SALALAH: Life is slowly going back to normal in Dhofar Governorate following three days of heavy rains.
Salalah bore the brunt of a tropical depression, which damaged properties including roads, smashed windows, pulled down trees, and overturned cars.
Two people were swept away in wadis while one person died after an old building collapsed in heavy rain.
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Some 1,055 millimetres of rainfall in five days have been reported, which is almost twice the rainfall recorded during the tropical cyclone Mikunu 2018.
The Dhofar Municipality along with the Ministry of Defence’s engineering team have already started to repair the roads that were damaged in torrential rains.
“The last few days’ rainfall was something that we have not seen for a long time,” said an official from Dhofar Municipality.
“Our team is identifying damaged stretches and making a note. We have already started to clean the roads and clearing it for traffic,” he added.
On Tuesday, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, appreciated the “sincere efforts exerted by all the authorities concerned in delivering aid and assistance to those affected.”
