Three children who were swept away in the flowing Wadi Bani Ghafir in the Wilayat of Al Rustaq were found dead on Monday, according to the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA).
In a separate incident, the CDAA teams rescued three persons as their vehicle drifted into a wadi in the Wilayat of Izki while the fourth person, a woman, was found dead on Tuesday morning.
One person was found dead after a vehicle with two people drifted in Wadi Ghayya in the Wilayat of Yanqul, while the second person was rescued.
Rescue teams in Al Jabal Al Akhdhar recovered body of a person after his car was swept away on Monday and search is on to trace the other missing person.
Earlier, the CDAA team rescued six people after their vehicle was stranded in a flowing wadi in the Wilayat of Yanqul, and all of them are in good health.
The CDAA said its teams have dealt with 224 reports since the beginning of the weather situation, and rescue operations are continuing to date.
The authority has called on everyone to exercise utmost caution, not to risk crossing wadis, to stay away from water bodies and electricity poles, and to monitor children to preserve their safety.
Meanwhile, there are chances of scattered rain in parts of the coast of the Sea of Oman and South Al Sharqiyah and Al Wusta governorates.
According to Oman Met, “Most of the impact will be concentrated for today and tomorrow in South Al Sharqiyah, which may witness rain of varying intensity.”
The weather condition has weakened over the atmosphere of the Sultanate of Oman starting from Tuesday evening, with chances of rain of varying intensity remaining scattered over the governorates of South Al Sharqiyah and North Al Sharqiyah and the coastal parts of the governorates of North Al Batinah, South Al Batinah and Muscat, and rains in parts of Al Wusta and Dhofar governorates. The weather is expected to stabilise from Wednesday.
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