Sultanate of Oman reports first cases of Omicron
Muscat: The Ministry of Health on Monday announced the registration of the first two cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron. Two citizens coming from abroad tested positive for Omicron, said the...
State Council chairman to attend Tanzania’s independence anniversary celebration
MUSCAT: Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, Shaikh Abdulmalik bin Abdullah bin Ali al Khalili, Chairman of the State Council, will leave here this evening to the United Republic of...
Photo gallery: Saudi Crown Prince visit the Sultanate of Oman
Muscat: HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), arrived in the Sultanate of Oman on Monday for an...
The most trusted digital news source in Oman
Oman Daily Observer rolled out its website on November 18, 1997, the same year the Sultanate of Oman launched the Internet. In the preceding years, the website was updated every day at 12.30 pm! Now...
No new tropical condition in Arabian Sea: Oman Met
Muscat: Oman Meteorology on Thursday denied speculations on social media platforms that another tropical condition is developing in the Arabian sea and might move towards the Sultanate. "There are no...
Video- Aftermath of cyclone Shaheen: Stories from the ground zero
Team Oman Observer visited Suwaiq and al Khabourah on Tuesday to see the extent of damages cyclone Shaheen left in this region after making landfall on Sunday. The magnitude of destruction the cyclone...
Direct impact of Shaheen over: Oman Met Office
Muscat: Oman's weather office on Monday said the impact of tropical cyclone Shaheen is over on the Sultanate.The latest Weather charts analysis of the National Multi Hazards Early Warning Center...
Photo slideshow: Aftermath of cyclone Shaheen in Oman
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Breaking: Cyclone Shaheen makes landfall; torrential rains reported
Muscat: The tropical cyclone Shaheen has started making landfall between wilayats of Al Musanah and Al Suwaiq with torrential rains and heavy winds with speeds ranging from 120-150km/hr, a statement...
Cyclone Shaheen: Two workers die as housing area collapse
Muscat: National Committee for Emergency Management on Sunday said agencies recovered the bodies of two workers of Asian nationalities from the rubbles after a part of the Jabal Ali mountain collapsed...
Cyclone Shaheen expected to make landfall between 5 pm to 8 pm
Cyclone Shaheen 60km away from Oman
Cyclone: Authorities warn of power outage in inundated areas
Muscat: National Committee for Emergency Management on Sunday said electricity will be cut off from inundated areas to prevent further mishaps.The agency asked residents of low-lying areas to move to...
Cyclone Shaheen: Muscat receives record rains
Muscat: As the cyclone Shaheen gets closer to the shores of the Sultanate, heavy rains and strong winds are reported across the coastal-belt governorates. Amounts of rain recorded in some...
Reasons why cyclones increasing in the Arabian Sea
Cyclones are low-pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters, with gale-force winds near the centre. The winds can extend hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the eye of the storm. Sucking up...
Cyclone Shaheen: Coastal belt residents asked to evacuate
Muscat: National Committee for Emergency Management on Saturday asked residents living in areas located within the direct impact of the cyclone starting from the Wilayat of Barka until the Wilayat of...
Cyclone Shaheen expected to make landfall on Sunday
Cyclone Shaheen: Mwasalat suspends services
Muscat: As the cyclone, Shaheen expected to make landfall on Sunday, Mwasalat, Oman's national transportation company, has decided to suspend its bus and ferry services in all governorates of the...
Reasons why tropical cyclones increasing in the Arabian Sea?
Muscat: Oman's Met Office on Friday said tropical storm Shaheen has intensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone and is 500 km away from the Sultanate.What is a tropical cyclone?Cyclones are...
Tropical storm to intensify into cyclone, likely to make landfall on Sunday
Muscat: Oman’s weather office on Friday issued a tropical storm alert and warned it is likely to intensify into a category-1 cyclone and move towards the Muscat coast. The cyclone is expected to...