Hamed Al Adhubi, 58, was working on his family's farm in the village of Maadh when he was hit by intermittent lightning. The dead camels were found about 50 metres from his body, witnesses said.
"It was raining heavily for most of the night. It stopped in the morning but there was lightning every now and then," Amjad Mushtaq, a farm labourer who found Al Adhubi's body, told The National. "Part of the farm's fence was burnt and a few of the fruit trees were also felled by lightning."
Stormy weather is uncommon at this time of year in Oman, where heavy rain usually occurs between the months of November and March.
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