Powerful cyclone bears down on Oman
AFP, June, 2007
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MUSCAT (AFP) — A cyclone packing huge winds of up to 260 kilometres an hour advanced towards the Gulf state of Oman on Tuesday, posing a potential threat to the key route for oil exports from the energy-rich region.
Oman has evacuated about 7,000 people from coastal areas in the sultanate, where the weather service said Cyclone Gonu was expected to make landfall by early Wednesday.
The first signs of the cyclone, with winds of up to 260 kilometres (160 miles) an hour and waves up to 12 metres (40 feet), have already been felt along Oman's coastal regions with torrential rains and pounding winds.
Weather officials said Cyclone Gonu is expected to be the strongest to hit the Arabian Peninsula since 1977.
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The army, police and civil defence have all been mobilised.
"The cyclone is advancing toward the Omani coast at a speed of 12 kilometres ...
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