Video: Child dead and eight rescued after flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Oman
Met office issues warning for thunderstorms and rain affecting multiple governorates
Dubai: A child was reported dead and eight were rescued after heavy rainfall led to severe flooding in Oman on Tuesday morning.
The Royal Oman Police confirmed that the child was swept away and later found dead in the overflowing Wadi Andam stream on the Izki Sinaw road.
Four people were rescued and taken to Ibra Reference Hospital after a vehicle carrying five people got trapped in the floodwaters.
In a separate rescue operation, four people stranded in Wadi Bani Hani in Wilayat Rustaq were saved by the aviation team of the Royal Oman Police.
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The Oman Meteorology Department had earlier issued a warning for thunderstorms and rain ranging from 15 to 45mm, affecting multiple governorates including Muscat, Al Dakhiliyah and South Al Batinah.