Torrential rain and hurricane force winds were forecast for the eastern coast of Oman as Cyclone Phet, a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph and gusts up to 170 mph bore down on the sultanate’s coast Wednesday.
Oman’s government was sending aircraft to evacuate residents of Masirah Island, according to a GulfNews.com report from Oman.
Gulf News said the storm was not expected to hit the Omani mainland but veer to the northeast. It would be close enough however to bring torrential rain and hurricane force winds to the coast.
Residents were crowding supermarkets and stores to stock up on supplies to ride out the storm, Gulf News reported, and Oman’s Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation department advised fishermen to stay in port.
Wunderground.com forecast Phet would move along the Omani coast Thursday and then head across the Arabian Sea to Pakistan.
Phet threatens Oman’s coast three years after Tropical Cyclone Gonu, a Category 5 storm, roared along the sultanate’s coast, dropping eight inches of rain that turned streets into rivers in the capital of Muscat.
At least 28 deaths were blamed on Gonu.
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i pray for pakistan it is my homeland
Glad to hear that most of the people of Oman made int thru Cyclone Phet/tropical storm and that the losses were less than those from the 2007 cyclone...hope that the communication system and power is restored soon....waiting to hear if our son and his family are okay.....
Wonder why God would not send one to those involved in the massacre of peace activists on the flotilla?
And why is Oman being punished?
Wow what an ignorant thinking that u have, God never wants bad for his people, and we have God fearing people here, dont know who u are are where u are from but u should learn something about religions first then comment...
Taliban terrorizing the world is bad enough, conspiracy theory, pakistani gov't is involved so are the cops. People of pakistan are retarded so this might teach them a lesson. Sorry for the ignorance, but gotta teach people a lesson some how. Sorry Oman and the good people in Pakistan, you guys souldnt suffer, but I wish this would have flushed out the taliban.
The massacre saddens me. See, I believe in karma. You do bad to people, in return you shall receive.
@ Man: So true about karma.... u have ur karma with katrina and BP spill...