Cyclone Shaheen hits Oman, three killed, flights delayed

Flooded streets are seen as Cyclone Shaheen makes landfall in Muscat Oman, October 3, 2021. REUTERS/Sultan Al Hassani NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

DUBAI (Reuters) -Tropical Cyclone Shaheen hit land in Oman on Sunday having already killed at least three people, its heavy rain and ferocious winds prompting evacuations from coastal areas and delaying flights to and from the capital, Muscat.

As the cyclone approached, a child who had been swept away by water was found dead, the state news agency said, and another person was missing. Two Asian workers were killed when a hill collapsed on their housing area in an industrial zone, the state news agency reported.