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Heavy rain has caused deaths and disruption across the Gulf region, with ten schoolchildren killed in Oman after their vehicle was swept away by a flood on Sunday. The children, aged between 10 and 15, were traveling on a bus with four other minors when the driver attempted to cross an overflowing wadi in Al-Mudaybi, Sharqiyah, on Sunday, before a strong current dragged the vehicle into an overflowing torrent of water. Nine of the dead children were recovered on Sunday while a tenth child’s body was discovered the following day. Four children and the driver of the vehicle were rescued by civil…