03 Nov 2011 16:52 Source: Reuters // Reuters

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MUSCAT, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The death toll from a tropical storm that swept across Oman has risen to 14 with several bodies turning up in surging floodwaters, officials said on Thursday.

At least 200 people were injured in the cloudburst that lashed the largely desert sultanate on the eastern flanks of the Arabian Peninsula, a location that puts it in the path of seasonal monsoons or cyclones.

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