Is the Sultanate of Oman a recent era of hurricanes! ... a tour of the climate archive for storms and hurricanes in the Sultanate

The weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Oman's hurricanes, we would not have heard of them were it not for the distinctive geographical location of the Sultanate, and its proximity to the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea, which is one of the most important centers of hurricane formation in the world, and made it a rich history of many hurricanes and tropical storms.

Is the Sultanate a new era of hurricanes!

In our report, we decided to go back to ancient times, and read what historians wrote between the lines about the history of hurricanes, tropical states and exceptional depressions in the Sultanate of Oman, and find out whether the Sultanate is new to such cases, and that it is new as a result of climate change, or is it normal that occurs from year to year Since time immemorial.

Devastating depressions and hurricanes

The archive speaks and historians pens testify

We will return together to the year 192 AH, 1250 years ago, to the time of Imam Al Warith bin Kaab, when heavy rain fell on Wadi (Kalboa) in the state of Nizwa, in which the imam drowned after trying to save some prisoners from being swept away by the valley that had been filled with torrential rain That rained in that year .

Obliterating city landmarks!

The devastating hurricane of the year 251 AH / 865AD

Omani historians, most notably Nur al-Din al-Salmi, reported in the masterpiece of the notables the news of the hurricane in the year 251 AH corresponding to 865 CE, specifically on the night of Sunday 3 of Jumada al-Awwal at the time of Imam Salt bin Malik. Which is considered by some to be one of the most important and strongest hurricanes that struck Oman in the past, as it had disastrous results, including the obliteration of the features of some cities and considering them as a house of money as a result of the heavy human and material losses resulting from it.

It is ironic that the date of the day on which the hurricane occurred is June 6, 865AD, coincides with the date of June 6, 2007, the day on which Hurricane Juno occurred.

Destructive depressions that affected the Sultanate of Oman

On Friday, Rajab 4, 513 AH, corresponding to October 17, 1119 A.D., heavy rains and floods fell in Amman, especially in Samail and its surrounding areas, during the reign of Imam Rashid bin Ali bin Suleiman bin Rashid Al-Yahmedi, as these floods destroyed many countries and flooded money and homes The water level rose to high levels, as Sheikh Saif bin Hammoud Al-Battashi, quoting from some ancient manuscripts, states that “the wife of the military colonel in Fort Sumail was scooping water from the fort's window . ”

On the night of Tuesday, 5 Jumada al-Akhira, 897 AH, corresponding to April 11, 1492 AD, according to what Sheikh Medad bin Abdullah bin Madad al-Naabi said, heavy rains fell in Nizwa, which destroyed many of its districts, mosques, forts, farms and other infrastructure.

At the end of the month of Shaaban, 970 AH, corresponding to May 1563 CE, heavy rains fell in various areas of Amman, and wadis and valleys fell, such as the Rustaq Valleys, Bani Awf Valley, Al-Alya, Khader Bani Lamak, Nizwa, Bahla, Samail and Alia Al Fawares.

In the last month of Jumada in the year 1094 AH corresponding to the month of May 1683 AD, on the evening of one night, strong winds blew over some areas of Amman, accompanied by heavy rains, which led to heavy losses in crops and the uprooting of palm trees.
Ibn Ruzaiq mentioned in (Al-Fath Al-Mubeen) that in the year 1213 AH corresponding to the year 1798 AD heavy rains fell over most areas of Amman, which lasted for nearly sixty days.

Popular stories also tell us about many accidents that occurred due to the climatic conditions that the Sultanate’s atmosphere was exposed to, such as the tsunami that struck the region around 1945 , and the sinking of the ship (Samha) and other Omani ships in 1958 that killed many Omani nakhudas, sailors and travelers, and many Among the names of these spirits, such as the blow (Al-Shelli), (Al-Ahaimer), (Al-Lakib), and (Al-koi blow), and others.

Heavy losses and disaster-stricken areas left by the 1977 cyclone

At the end of the second week of June 1977 a severe cyclone with a speed of 120 knots swept through the Sultanate and hit a number of the Sultanate's states, causing unfortunate damage to lives and property. Various state agencies rushed to rescue the afflicted, including the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry the health.

Masirah Island was the most affected by the cyclone, which began its impact at dawn on Monday, June 13, 1977, and caused severe damage, as more than 1,400 houses built with fixed materials were damaged, which led to the loss of more than 3000 people for shelter and declared a state of emergency on the island.

As for the states of Ja`alan Bani Bu Ali and Bani Bu Hassan, the cyclone stormed it at exactly six o'clock on Monday, and the force of the cyclone created entanglement in the palms, which led to a mass fall in the palms, and their fall caused damage to a number of houses, and no loss of life occurred from As a result of the hurricane, except for someone who was trying to cross the valley, swept it away in its strong current, which led to his death.

In Al-Kamil and Al-Wafi, valleys flowed violently, resulting in the demolition of 16 houses built with stable materials, and 14 houses of fronds.

The cyclone caused the fall of more than four thousand palm trees in Al-Hamra, in addition to many lemon and mango trees, and demolished some houses. The cyclone also destroyed a number of fruit trees in the Green Mountain, and the cyclone also spread to Nizwa and caused the fall of a number of palm trees, telephone and electricity poles.

As for Dibba, it was attacked by the violence of the waves, which led to the separation of the Karsha area from the Al-Dhahoorian region, and the cyclone caused the destruction of some homes and frond houses.

References
1- Oman Newspaper Archive, June 21, 1977
2- “The most famous hurricanes and depressions in the history of Oman”, a topic published by the writer Al-Jaadi in the Wadi Aahn forums, June 3, 2011, http://w-ahin.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1599

3- All thanks to Dr. Muhammad bin Hamad Al-Arimi and Atheer newspaper for this great research and effort