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| Cyclone kills 25 in Oman |
| 2007-06-08 |
| MUSCAT — Cyclone Gonu, that lashed Oman on Wednesday, killed 25 people, police said here last night. “Twenty-five people have been confirmed dead so far,” the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said. It added that 26 others were missing and joint search operations had been launched by the ROP and the Royal Air Force of Oman (Rafo) to find them. In Oman’s eastern Sharqiya region, where the cyclone made landfall with its full impact, remained totally cut off. Sketchy reports arriving here indicated that power supply was yet to be restored in most parts of the region. The Seeb International Airport is expected to re-start normal operations this morning. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Hopefully the US Navy has learned a thing or two about surviving typhoons. |
| Posted by: Sherebmanper Scourge of the Platypi1150 2007-06-08 11:18 |
| #6 A slow start ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-06-08 10:56 |
| #5 What do you call twenty-five dead muslims in Oman? |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-06-08 10:38 |
| #4 Adequate building codes make a HUGE difference. A category 5 cyclone with gusts up to 300km/hour ripped through my home area last year and not a single human life was lost. Made a mess of everything though. |
| Posted by: Gladys 2007-06-08 06:19 |
| #3 Kinda like a pancake batter, Charles. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-08 05:25 |
| #2 Don't expect the news to be pretty. If the building code is anything like when the Earthquakes hit then I expect coastal towns to be rather flattened. Along with the people. |
| Posted by: Charles 2007-06-08 04:41 |
| #1 It's made landfall in Iran. No real news yet. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-06-08 03:33 |