Storms and Floods

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No current tropical storms.

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Oman - Severe weather in Oman has claimed the lives of at least three people. Two people due to flooding rivers in Al-Muthabi and Al-Rustaq. Another person died of a lightning strike in Al-Muthaibi. Torrential rain has lashed Oman for the past three days.

USA - A slow-moving storm continued to dump drenching rain over portions of the South on Wednesday, leading to dangerous and life-threatening flooding across the region. Evacuations were underway in Louisiana, where the governor declared a state of emergency and authorized the state's National Guard to assist with rescues from heavy flooding. Thousands of people were without power, several school systems closed and dozens of roads were blocked off Wednesday in Texas and Louisiana due to the storm.

England - Severe flooding has caused widespread disruption across parts of central England, with rail passengers stranded and many schools shut. British Transport Police formed human barriers in front of the main concourse at London Euston after trains between Rugby and Milton Keynes were cancelled. Passengers were warned people could be killed as some had fallen from earlier trains on Wednesday. A total of 46 flood warnings are in place across England and Wales.

Kenya - Flash floods floods in Kapsoya in Eldoret in Kenya have wreaked havoc on local residents, driving many from heir homes trying to avoid being swept away by the floodwaters.

Angola - At least 24 people, many of them children dies with dozens more missing after a flash flood swept through a market in the southern city of Lubango. The Capitao river was swollen with more than 24 hours of torrential rains.

Storms and Floods

Tropical Storms - Roundup of Tropical Storms:

Tropical cyclone 11p (Winston), located approximately 121 nm northwest of Niue, is tracking eastward at 04 knots.

Tropical cyclone 13s (Uriah), located approximately 838 nm southeast of Diego Garcia, is tracking westward at 11 knots.

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Oman, UAE - Stormy weather lashed parts of UAE and Oman on Tuesday with Khorfakkan and Dibba having the highest rainfall. Heavy downpours have been recorded in parts of Khorfakkan, Sharjah, along with Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. A marine alert has been issued for fresh and strong winds over the Oman Sea. Heavy rainfall has been occurring in parts of Muscat.

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Oman - A landslide in Tawi Al Nisf in Samayil province in Oman has claimed the life of a worker on Monday afternoon when a truck was hit by the debris that crashed down from a mountainside.

Sumatra, Indonesia - Torrential rain has caused landslides in parts of West and North Sumatra, cutting off access and disrupting economic activity. He said the heavy rain that had drenched the region in the past three days had triggered floods and landslides in a number of locations in the regency. At least 500 homes were engulfed by over 50 centimetres of floodwater and eight homes were reportedly damaged by a landslide on Sunday morning.

Storms and Floods

Cyclone Zane forms off Australia's north Queensland coast

Tropical cyclone Zane, packing 100km/h winds, has formed off far north Queensland on the last day of the official cyclone season. The category-one system is predicted to hit the Queensland coast near Lockhart River on Cape York sometime tomorrow.

Massive landslip in Dorset, England

Landslip occurred at St Oswald's Bay, east of Durdle Door, on the Dorset coast. Several landslides occurred earlier this month at nearby White Nothe.

Floods in Oman

Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Wadis. At least 30 people were rescued from Ibri, Oman. At least 320 people have had to be rescued in the last seven days.

Lightning strikes have claimed two lives. At least three others were injured.

Power outages have also been reported in Ghubra and Al Khuwayr, Muscat.

Landslide in North Carolina, USA

Heavy rainfall has caused a landslide in North Carolina near the Tennessee border. The landslide also hit homes on Robert's Hill Road just outside Marshall.