Dubai: A few Dubai residents who were in Oman to attend a business meeting say they are now stranded as the main Muscat-Dubai highway is flooded.
Ali Zaheer spoke to Gulf News about his situation: “We're now stranded. We stuck to the television in the hotel and didn't attempt to drive or walk as six inches of moving water can sweep you off your feet!''
Mr. Zaheer has also sent Gulf News some video clips of the flooded roads that he has captured on his mobile phone.
A Dubai church minister has also been left stranded in Muscat after Cyclone Gonu hit the Omani capital.
The Reverend Stephen Miller from the Mission to Seafarers told Gulf News that lampposts were being knocked over by trees uprooted in the mountains.
With the water waist deep in the flat he is staying in, Rev Miller said he was likely to be stuck in Muscat until Saturday.
"It's just torrential. The rain started this morning and the water has been building up. Everywhere we are just surrounded by a huge torrent of sandy and muddy water," he said.
Another reader, Mr Ramachandran Nair also spoke to Gulf News from Oman about the fierce winds and downpour that has affected Muscat since last night.
“Nobody is stepping out because you cannot move because of the force of the winds. I live on the first floor and cannot step out to check on my car parked below,'' Mr. Nair said.
Mr. Nair said as he and his family was well prepared for the cyclone as the authorities had been sending out mobile alerts since Tuesday.
They were lucky to be able to stock up on essential food items at the supermarket as by afternoon things like meat were sold out, he said.
