Weather alert: Dust storm, strong winds in many parts of Oman

Parts of Sultanate witnessed strong gusts of wind with dust being raised, lowering visibility, the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) warned on Sunday morning.

"Currently, active southern winds are blowing in the governorates of Muscat, Buraimi, North Al Sharqiyah, North and South Batinah, causing dust," the authority's meteorology department announced, noting that "horizontal visibility will be poor during blowing dust".

The weather forecast of Sultanate today predicts mainly clear skies over most of Oman with chances of blowing dust over north Al Batinah governorate due to the fresh wind. "Late night to early morning there is a chance of low-level clouds formation along parts of Arabian Sea coasts," PACA said in its report for today.

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