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The floods had a significant impact across the region, with Oman and the United Arab Emirates being particularly affected, [2] resulting in the deaths of at least 46 people, including 20 in Oman, [3] and 18 in Iran. [4] Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia also experienced heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding.
The ecoregion occupies an area of 19,913 km 2 (7,688 sq mi) in eastern Yemen and southern Oman's Dhofar Governorate. The ecoregion covers four separate areas. The westernmost is the Ureys (or Areys) range, a coastal mountain range that rises east of the town of Shuqrah, 150 kilometres northeast of Aden. The range is made up of dark igneous rock ...
The storm dropped heavy rainfall reaching about 700 mm (28 in), [86] the equivalent to one year's worth, which caused flooding in the normally arid areas. [87] The storm killed 14 people in Oman and injured 200, [17] mostly in the country's north from flash flooding. [86] Another five people drowned in a shipwreck, with nine missing. [16]
Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Oman on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, killing at least 17 people as rescuers searched for survivors, authorities said Monday. In one incident ...
Oman is located in the southeastern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and covers a total land area of 309,500 km 2 (119,500 sq mi). The land area is composed of varying topographic features: valleys and desert account for 82 percent of the land mass; mountain ranges, 15 percent; and the coastal plain, 3 percent.
The system overall brought heavy rain and strong winds throughout India, Pakistan and the Middle East. [5] [6] [7] Water-related damage was extensive, while communications were disrupted as winds downed many power lines. Hundreds of roads were closed in India. Heavy rainfall occurred in Karachi, Pakistan.
However, the storm's most severe effects were related to the heavy rainfall it produced over Oman, [1] which peaked at just over 700 mm (28 in) in the mountains near Salalah. [11] In southern Oman, Keila dropped 50 to 100 mm (2.0 to 3.9 in) of rainfall at Salalah, the equivalent of a year's worth of precipitation. [14]
China has deployed drones for emergency communication in rain-prone provinces. Sometimes it isn't enough, as the tragic consequences playing out in Asia show. India: 201 dead, nearly 200 missing