Cyclone Phet departs Oman, finally. Headed solidly for Pakistan. Beware lots of flooding still could come as rain continues and wadis keep flowing.

Sat photo of Phet as it passed near Sur at 2:30 this afternoon... what a huge storm.


Update 9:00pm Friday

Cyclone Phet now safely on its way to Pakistan, and is currently receeding from Muscat, back on a solid NE trajectory, according to the JTWC.



This means the strong winds of the past few hours should be behind us.

HOWEVER - there's a lot a rain that's still making its way down wadis and probably a significant amount of rain still to come, as Phet sends us its backwash, all heavily laden with water; precipitation that will happily fall in the Oman Mountains over the next 24 hrs.

So, take care readers. Update: As Jet Driver points out, there is still some potential for dams to burst and/or be forced to release water suddenly. Wadi-tourists are taking big risks. If you're an adult, well, you're an idiot risking the life of emergency services personnel. If you're an adult taking children to gawk at wadis, you're criminally negligent.

Qurm again flooded like crazy, with CCC and McDonalds experiencing the usual many feet of water. Al Arami didn't even bother with the sandbags. LOL

Ghubra is, as expected, a total mess.