Oman weather: Schools closed in Dahirah due to heavy rain

Muscat: All schools in Al Dahira Governorate will remain closed today due to the weather conditions, the authorities have said.
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The Directorate General of Education in Al Dahira Governorate tweeted on its official Twitter handle that all schools in the governorate will remain closed today due to the weather conditions.
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Meanwhile, residents in Rustaq, Muladha, Mussannah and Barka have reported heavy rain since morning.
According to Bader Ali Al Baddaei, an administrator of www.rthmc.net, a local Web-based forum that discusses weather in Oman, schoolchildren had to travel through mountains as roads were cut off due to overflowing wadis.
Oman meteorology department has predicted thundershowers in Buraimi, Muscat, Fahud, Ibra, Sohar, Samail, Bahla, Qalhat, Ibri, Nizwa, Adam, Sur, Suwaiq, Mudhabi, Haima, Mahout, Sunaynah, Saiq, Amerat, Duqm, Bidiyah, Yanqual, Baushar, Qurayyat, Bidbid, Shinas, Saham, Liwa, Al Khaburah, Al Hamra and Izki.
Eric Leister, a meteorologist at Accuweatehr.com, has posted that rain and thunderstorms would continue to pose flooding threat in Oman and the United Arab Emirates through Wednesday.
The meteorologist says that locally heavy thunderstorms will track from Al Ain to Rustaq into Wednesday, impacting areas that received flooding rainfall earlier in the month.
“A few locations could receive as much as 50 mm (2.0 inches) of rain, though most areas will receive 13 mm (0.50 of an inch) or less. Muscat will be at greatest risk for thunderstorms and flash flooding into Wednesday evening. While it will not rain this entire time, any thunderstorm can produce downpours capable of causing flash flooding and travel delays,” the meteorologist added.