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Oman's worst natural disaster Cyclone Gonu was the strongest cyclone on record in the Arabian Sea. It developed in the eastern Arabian Sea on June 1, 2007 and rapidly intensified to attain peak ...
05 June 2007 A powerful cyclone skirted the coast of Oman today, disrupting oil and gas production and exports, but the storm appeared to be weakening and moving north through a major shipping channel ...
MUSCAT, Oman -- Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast yesterday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes. Shareefa bint Khalfan, Omani minister of social development ...
MUSCAT, Oman — Semi-trucks were trapped in flooded highways here today after Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast on its path toward the world's most important crude oil tanker route. At least 15 ...
Phet left an estimated $780 million (2010 USD) in damage in Oman. Cyclone Gonu, June 2007: Gonu peaked as a Category 5 equivalent before passing just offshore of the eastern tip of Oman as a ...
This is the second major cyclone to hit Oman after Cyclone Gonu three years ago. Unlike Gonu, Oman and its people were more prepared for the cyclone this time around, but the city of Sur, which was ...
Muscat: Gulf News reader Ali Zaheer has taken video footage of the flooding that has hit Oman because of cyclone Gonu. Ali was in Muscat attending a meeting when the storm struck and found his ...
Recently released figures suggest that Cyclone Gonu left behind far more damage to Oman than previously imagined. The cyclone hit Oman in early June with winds of 160 miles per hour and gusts of ...
Recently released figures suggest that Cyclone Gonu left behind far more damage to Oman than previously imagined. The cyclone hit Oman in early June with winds of 160 miles per hour and gusts of 190 ...
Petroleum Development Oman said last week that operations and facilities escaped damage. Gonu, which slammed into Oman on Wednesday, killed at least 49 people.
Oman lost $200 million last week because Cyclone Gonu halted its oil exports, the Kuwaiti state news agency Kuna cited an Omani government official as saying on Monday. The official, who asked not to ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Oman suffered severe water shortages Sunday as crews and volunteers worked to clean up and repair damage after Cyclone Gonu inundated the capital with floodwater ...