SALALAH, Oman — Cyclone Mekunu roared over the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea on its way to Oman on Thursday, sending torrents of water rushing down streets and sinking at least two ships. Indian meteorologists expected the “very severe” cyclone to strike Oman on Saturday near Salalah, the sultanate’s third-largest city and home to some 200,000 people near the country’s border with Yemen. It said Yemen’s government, exiled in Saudi Arabia, had declared Socotra a “disaster” zone after the storm. A cyclone is the same as a hurricane or a typhoon; their names only change because of their location. State television aired images of others being evacuated from remote villages in the path of the cyclone.

Source: National Post May 24, 2018 05:49 UTC