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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy rainfall triggered flash flooding in Oman on the japanese fringe of the Arabian Peninsula, killing no less than 17 individuals as rescuers looked for survivors, authorities mentioned Monday. In a single incident, a gaggle of college kids and a driver died when their automobile was overtaken, authorities mentioned.
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Heavy rains additionally had been anticipated over Dubai within the neighboring United Arab Emirates and different areas of the Arabian Peninsula.
Civil protection officers gave the demise toll for the rains, which noticed Oman’s North Al Sharqiyah province hardest hit. The Royal Oman Police and the Omani army deployed to the province to move residents out of flooded areas, the state-run Oman Information Company reported.
It is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photograph)
Heavy rainfall usually causes flash flooding within the sultanate, drawing the curious from their houses to close by dry riverbeds, recognized in Arabic as “wadi.” In flooding, they will rapidly fill and wash away individuals and autos.
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In Dubai, authorities anticipated heavy rains to start Monday night time and final into Tuesday morning. The Emirates’ Nationwide Middle of Meteorology warned of thunder, lightning, rain and presumably hail, with winds reaching as much as 70 kph (43 mph). Authorities colleges introduced they’d maintain courses remotely Tuesday and Wednesday.
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