Traffic is cut off in the governorates of North and South Al Batinah, and movement is not allowed except for emergency and humanitarian cases, due to the proximity of the eye of the cyclone to the area of its entry to the land and in anticipation of the expected heavy rain, which may reach 500 mm and the intensity of the accompanying winds, and for the safety of lives as reported by state-run Oman News Agency.
Oman News Agency