Rain lashes northern Oman

Muscat: Heavy rain has lashed northern parts of Oman, causing flooding across roads and wadis, a weather enthusiast said.

"Buraimi was hit by rain," Bader Ali Al Baddaei, an administrator of www.rathth.net, a local web-based forum that discusses weather in Oman, told the Times of Oman.

In an advisory, the Oman meteorology department had warned people to be cautious.

"Parts of the northern Governorates experience heavy rain with hail and fresh wind at times. Please be cautious," the advisory read

On Thursday, weather forecasters had predicted showers, strong winds, hail and floods for three days beginning on Friday.

The National Early Warning Center at the Directorate General of Meteorology predicted a low depression over several parts of the Sultanate this weekend accompanied by strong winds, showers and hail.

In the forecast, department had predicted that Buraimi, Ad’Dhahira, North and South Al Batinah, Ad’Dakhiliya, North and South Al Sharqiyah and Muscat would be affected.