Muscat: A car was swept away as its Omani owner was trying to drive away from the wadi Al-Mahalil river which started overflooding suddenly.
Videos recordings posted on social media websites showed Omanis dressed in traditional white thoub clothes as their running for shelter away from the flooding river.
A weather monitoring website posted the thrilling recordings on its portal, said Times of Oman.
Torrential rain lashed other areas of Oman, replenishing rivers, which overflooded in Nakhal and Al-Awabi.