Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Sat, 26 May 2018 04:10:00 +0200princegeorgecitizen (en)

The cyclone is expected to make landfall early Saturday near Salalah, Oman's third-largest city and home to some 200,000 people close to the sultanate's border with war-ravaged Yemen. Conditions quickly deteriorated in Salalah after sunrise Friday, with winds and rain beginning to pick up. Strong waves smashed into empty tourist beaches.

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Sat, 26 May 2018 02:53:00 +0200ABCnews (en)

Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and Sudanese, were reported....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Sat, 26 May 2018 01:55:00 +0200fox13memphis (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

CycloneMekununearsOman'scoast#x2c;kills12-year-oldgirl

Sat, 26 May 2018 00:11:00 +0200wsoctv (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 22:09:00 +0200gazette (en)

Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and Sudanese, were reported missing on Socotra, where flash floods washed away thousands of animals and cut power lines on the isle in the Arabian Sea. Officials feared some may be dead while authorities in Oman confirmed the first death in the cyclone.

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 21:41:00 +0200wsaw (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Approaching Cyclone Mekunu kills 12-year-old girl in Oman;...

Fri, 25 May 2018 21:37:00 +0200thepeninsulaqatar (en)

SALALAH, Oman & ADEN, Yemen : Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 21:04:00 +0200wkyt (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:42:00 +0200wfsb (en)

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press. SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra.

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl Source: AP

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:39:00 +0200fox13memphis (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl Source: AP

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:36:00 +0200actionnewsjax (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:27:00 +0200houstonchronicle (en)

The cyclone is expected to make landfall early Saturday near Salalah, Oman's third-largest city and home to some 200,000 people close to the sultanate's border with war-ravaged Yemen. Conditions quickly deteriorated in Salalah after sunrise Friday, with winds and rain beginning to pick up. Strong waves smashed into empty tourist beaches.

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl Source: AP

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:21:00 +0200wftv (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl Source: AP

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:20:00 +0200kiro7 (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl Source: AP

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:19:00 +0200wsoctv (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) - Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:15:00 +0200ABCnews (en)

Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and Sudanese, were reported....

Cyclone Mekunu nears Oman's coast, kills 12-year-old girl

Fri, 25 May 2018 20:09:00 +0200mynews13 (en)

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and....

Cyclone Mekunu to be 'extremely severe' on landfall in Oman

Fri, 25 May 2018 19:44:00 +0200ABCnews (en)

Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and Sudanese, were reported....

Cyclone Mekunu to be 'extremely severe' on landfall in Oman

Fri, 25 May 2018 16:31:00 +0200timescolonist (en)

The cyclone is expected to make landfall early Saturday near Salalah, Oman's third-largest city and home to some 200,000 people close to the sultanate's border with war-ravaged Yemen. Conditions quickly deteriorated in Salalah after sunrise Friday, with winds and rain beginning to pick up. Strong waves smashed into empty tourist beaches.

Cyclone Mekunu to be 'extremely severe' on landfall in Oman

Fri, 25 May 2018 15:37:00 +0200economictimes (en)

SALALAH, OMAN: Cyclone Mekunu neared the Arabian Peninsula on Friday as its outer bands dumped heavy rain and bent palm trees in Oman, a sign of the approaching storm 's power after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. Already at least 40 people, including Yemenis, India ns and Sudanese,....

Catastrophe that killed dinosaurs created global hothouse for 100,000 years, study says

Fri, 25 May 2018 13:16:00 +0200thespec (en)

On a very bad day 66 million years ago, a mountain-sized object from space slammed into the Earth, initiating a cascade of calamities that eradicated three-fourths of the species on the planet, including the non-avian dinosaurs. The buried remnants of the 125-mile-wide crater have been identified on the Yucatán Peninsula and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Cyclone Mekunu update: UAE aid to Yemen delayed

Fri, 25 May 2018 12:35:00 +0200khaleejtimes (en)

In the latest update on Cyclone Mekunu in Yemen, the UAE Ambassador to Yemen, Salem Al Ghfeli, tweeted about the UAE's efforts in alleviating the damage in the storm's aftermath. - ????? ???????? (@Forsan_UAE) May 24, 2018 "Socotra is in a very bad state; the UAE is making the utmost attempt to stand by our Yemeni brethren in Socotra.

Water good idea

Fri, 25 May 2018 01:46:00 +0200bbc (en)

Image caption Biplab Paul, co-founder of Naireeta Services, designed the bhungroo to help farmers ride out India 's droughts. Erratic rainfall and prolonged dry seasons in many parts of India mean that farmers often have to struggle with waterlogged fields or droughts, which can ruin their crops.

Cyclone Mekunu update: Yemen declares state of...

Thu, 24 May 2018 12:06:00 +0200khaleejtimes (en)

Oman authorities also announced that they were taking 'necessary precautions' in case the cyclone hits the Gulf sultanate. Yemen declared a state of emergency on Socotra on Thursday after a tropical storm flooded several villages and capsized boats on the island and left at least 17 people missing, government officials said.

Cyclone Mekunu update: Yemen declares state of emergency

Thu, 24 May 2018 11:19:00 +0200khaleejtimes (en)

Oman authorities also announced that they were taking 'necessary precautions' in case the cyclone hits the Gulf sultanate. Yemen declared a state of emergency on Socotra on Thursday after a tropical storm flooded several villages and capsized boats on the island and left at least 17 people missing, government officials said.

Centre asks officials to mitigate better natural disasters' impact

Fri, 18 May 2018 17:02:00 +0200business-standard (en)

Union on Friday asked all officials of central and state departments concerned to be better prepared so as to minimize losses due to natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes etc. In his inaugural address at the annual conference of relief commissioners/secretaries, he said we have to....

Hurricane versus Monsoon

Thu, 17 May 2018 05:19:00 +0200irinnews (en)

US media last week mentioned Hurricane Harvey at least 100 times more than India . Outside the United States, media produced three times more about Texan flooding than Asia's in recent days. Monsoon floods on the other side of the world are worse than Harvey, but aid agencies say America's crisis is sucking up all the attention.

Home Insurance: How to protect your house from thunderstorms? Top tricks every owner must know

Wed, 16 May 2018 14:03:00 +0200financialexpress (en)

Changed weather conditions attributed to global warming are causing numerous natural disasters across the world. The recent thunderstorm, which created havoc in the Capital as well as in some other parts of the country recently, is one of such examples.