Dubai: A toddler was reported useless and eight have been rescued after heavy rainfall led to extreme flooding in Oman on Tuesday morning.

The Royal Oman Police confirmed that the kid was swept away and later discovered useless within the overflowing Wadi Andam stream on the Izki Sinaw highway.

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4 folks have been rescued and brought to Ibra Reference Hospital after a automobile carrying 5 folks obtained trapped within the floodwaters.

In a separate rescue operation, 4 folks stranded in Wadi Bani Hani in Wilayat Rustaq have been saved by the aviation group of the Royal Oman Police.

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The Oman Meteorology Division had earlier issued a warning for thunderstorms and rain starting from 15 to 45mm, affecting a number of governorates together with Muscat, Al Dakhiliyah and South Al Batinah.