Oman: RAFO evacuates 23 people from flood site in Marmul

Merge 104.8  |  31 May 2020

Crews from the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) have carried out evacuation measures to rescue 23 people stranded in Marmul.

Cover image for illustrative purposes only. Photo credit: Oman News Agency

In a statement issued online today [Sunday, May 31] by Oman’s National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM), the evacuees were airlifted from a site belonging to an oil company after torrential rains caused significant flooding in Marmul in the area of Shalim and Hallaniyat Islands.

(Also read: Oman: Flood rescues continue, building collapses from rains in Dhofar.)