Overall Green alert Flood
in Oman

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102956
Death: 0
Displaced: 10
Countries: Oman
From - To 15 Oct - 17 Oct

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Oman, Mid-October 2024Heavy rain triggered flash flooding in areas of Oman in mid-October, promoting multiple flood rescues.Wed 16 Oct 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),