Cyclone Reaches Oman
A cyclone packing huge winds of up to 260 kilometres an hour advanced towards the Gulf state of Oman on Tuesday, June 05, 2007, posing a potential threat to the key route for oil exports from the energy-rich region, the AFP reported. 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. Weather officials said Cyclone Gonu is expected to be the strongest to hit the Arabian Peninsula since 1977.