The cyclone is expected to make landfall early Saturday near Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city and home to some 200,000 people close to the sultanate’s border with war-ravaged Yemen.

Sunday, Jun 06, 2010 MUSCAT, Oman (AFP)--Life began to slowly return to normal in Oman on Sunday as the death toll of Cyclone Phet rose to 16 killed in the sultanate, officials said. Public and ...

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighboring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a major city with nearly three ...

Tropical Cyclone Mekunu left behind death and destruction after sweeping through waters near Yemen's southern island of Socotra and pounding the island, a local official said Friday. Landfall was ...

Cyclone buffets Oman, disrupts oil, gas exports By Reuters August 9, 20072:10 PM PDTUpdated June 5, 2007 ...

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — 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 ...

MUSCAT, Oman — Oman evacuated tens of thousands of people today, suspended oil exports and closed a major port as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward the Strait of Hormuz — the world's ...

MUSCAT, Oman -- Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast Wednesday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations before heading toward ...

SALALAH, Oman - Oman on Sunday advised all private sector establishments in Dhofar region to shut down for three days after Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern part of the Gulf Arab country, causing ...

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 ...

Cyclone Phet, despite weakening to a Category 1 storm, pummelled Oman's coastline on Friday, killing two and halting the small oil-producing country's oil and gas production, officials and state ...

On Sunday, Cyclone Phet killed at least four people as its moved on to Pakistan with heavy rains and winds lashing the port city of Karachi. Before the cyclone hit in Oman, local authorities had taken ...