AFP/Muscat
At least six people, including four from a single family, have been killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains hitting Oman, the sultanate's police announced on Friday.
A mother and her three daughters died when their vehicle was swept away by flood water on Thursday, according to a police statement carried by the official ONA news agency.
The father survived and was hospitalised, it added.
A child meanwhile drowned in a valley and the body of an Asian man killed by the floods was also retrieved, police said.
Oman's meteorology department warned of thunderstorms across several parts of the Arabian Peninsula country on Friday, adding that rains are likely to continue for two more days.
In June 2010, 16 people were killed when Cyclone Phet hit the Gulf state.
In 2007, Cyclone Gonu tore through Oman, killing at least 49 people and causing around $4bn worth of damage.
