Oman flash floods left At least 12 dead
According to latest data, Oman flash floods has left At least 12 dead.
MojNews-According to latest data, Oman flash floods has left At least 12 dead.
At least 12 people have died after their vehicles drifted away in flood waters in Oman on Sunday. The dead include nine students, two residents and an expatriate, according to the National Committee for Emergency Management.
Search is underway for five missing people, as per earlier reports by the Oman News Agency.
Various parts of Oman is inundated after torrential rains that lashed the country resulted in flash floods.
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Earlier, the body of a child was found at Wadi Al Batha in Al Mudhaibi. The body was found by the residents of the area, the Royal Oman Police said in a tweet.
Through the day, following multiple distress calls from people stranded in floodwaters, on roads, subways, schools and residential and commercial buildings, police and their rescue teams were in action.
Even residents pulled out those stranded to safety from many submerged areas. In a video posted on Instagram, people could be seen with children on their backs as others rescued them with a rope. The water was almost till their waist level.
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