The Mekunu cyclone wreaks havoc on the Arabian Peninsula. 12-year-old girl is dead and 40 people are missing. Z o. O. Coordinates of the city of Oman, Salala, 10,000 people were evacuated.
At least one person is dead and 40 are reported missing after the powerful Mekunu cyclone hit the coasts of Oman and Yemen, the press agency Associated Press said on Saturday. The wind gusted up to 200 kilometers per hour, equivalent to the third-degree hurricane in the Saffir-Simpson scale. The force of the tropical cyclone Mekunu has already reached on Tuesday.
THE GIRL IS DEAD..
The victim is a 12-year-old girl from Oman who died when the wind caught her and threw her against the wall. On the island of Socotra, belonging to Yemen until the morning of Saturday morning, 40 people were considered missing. Among them are citizens, among others Yemen, India and Sudan.
Large losses were recorded in Salala, the third largest city of Oman. About 10,000 people were evacuated. Both the international airport and the port in the city were closed. The element also led to power outages. The Omani police warns citizens against approaching the Arabian Sea.
Meteorologists predict that Mekunu will be weakening from Saturday evening, but in the coming hours there will be still heavy rains, twice as high as normal at this time of the year.
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