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Storm Shaheen is now at 240km east-southeast of Chabahar Port in Iran as it is expected to move towards Oman’s coast across Gulf of Oman and weaken gradually.

The tropical depression deepened to the Tropical Storm "Shaheen" in the northeast of the Arabian Sea along the Indian-Pakistani coasts Friday, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said.

The storm is expected to deepen into a category 1 tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours, and the tropical situation will continue to move towards Oman coasts. Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority has issued an alert as CAA said that the storm would directly impact coastal areas, including the capital Muscat from Sunday.

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The depression centred at 23.3 N latitude and 64.4 E longitude, accompanied by different types of clouds associated with rainy convective clouds with different intensities and strong winds over the Arabian Sea with a speed at the centre from 65 to 115 km/h, NCM added in a statement on Friday.

It is expected that the eastern coast will be affected from Saturday night with a Stromsburg, especially with the period of high tide at low areas.

From Sunday afternoon and evening October 3rd, some regions of the country will be affected by the extension of the tropical situation, especially the eastern and southern regions, where convective clouds will be associated with rain in different degrees of intensity that lead to flash floods in the valleys and torrents, and water will accumulate in some low-lying areas.

The winds will be fresh to strong, causing blowing dust and sand reducing horizontal visibility, especially with convective clouds.

The sea state in the Oman Sea will become rough to very rough, which will cause the seawater to enter into the eastern coastal areas in the low-lying areas, and the sea will be rough at times northward in the Arabian Gulf.

NCM said it was monitoring the tropical situation around the clock, and urged the public to follow the official reports, instructions, and warnings from the competent authorities.