Oman has declared Saturday as the official holiday for both public as well as the private sector even as Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation announced that wind was blowing at over 70 km/h accompanied with heavy rains in Masirah Island as well as the other coastal areas of the eastern region.
According to the latest satellite images, the weather office here, the category three cyclone – Phet - was about 160km off Masirah coast.
The weather here has forecast the possibility of the tropical cyclone Phet passing over Masirah and Duqm in the morning tomorrow.
The meteorological department also expects rains Friday in Muscat, Batinah in northern parts and Buraimi in the northwest. The weather centre in Oman expects rains to drench parts of the country for the next 48 hours as a result of the tropical cyclone Phet.
Fishermen have been cautioned and asked not to venture into sea while residents have been asked to be careful while crossing low lying areas, especially nearwadis.
The Education Ministry has put off all examinations while Ministry of Regional Municipality and Water Resources said that they were gearing up for the worst situation and had set up a control room to monitor the situation along with the National Committee for Civil Defence, which has set up a central control room to coordinate efforts of all the government and non-government agencies in the country in the face of tropical cyclone Phet striking Oman.
