Cyclone Gonu's winds blast Oman coast
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Thousands of people fled low-lying areas as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years blasted Oman's eastern coast early Wednesday with strong winds and waves, Civil Defense officials said. Southern Iran and the oil-rich Persian Gulf was next in its path.
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People in the Bahamas are bracing for a hurricane to hit their islands - for the second time in under a month. Hurricane Jeanne, with sustained winds of about 105 mph (170km/h), is bearing down on the north-eastern Bahamas.
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A cyclone approached the coast of Pakistan on Tuesday threatening more devastation days after about 230 people were killed when heavy rain and wind lashed the city of Karachi.
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A powerful cyclone approaching the oil-rich Persian Gulf area forced the evacuation Monday of nearly 7,000 people from an Omani island, a government official said.
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TEHRAN -- Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded people in dozens of tiny villages in the deserts of southern Iran yesterday, cutting off roads, power, and communications, and sending some residents into trees for safety.
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Coastguards put out a warning to shipping as a tornado hits Telscombe Cliffs in East Sussex.
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A powerful cyclone ripped across Australia's northwestern coast on Friday, tearing roofs from houses in remote towns and laying waste to at least one mining camp. Officials said at least one person was killed and 20 injured.
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Oil surged above $70 on Monday on news a  cyclone was headed towards the oil-producing Arabian peninsula  with a potential to disrupt shipping and output.
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A powerful cyclone lashed Pakistan&#39;s southern coast on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, leaving dozens more missing and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes, officials said.
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A powerful storm battered Southern California on Tuesday with wind up to 60 mph and a threat of up to a foot of rain, causing power outages and highway-blocking mudslides.
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An approaching typhoon brought strong  winds and heavy rains to Taiwan on Tuesday, disrupting air and  sea traffic and forcing financial markets, schools and  businesses in Taipei and nearby counties to close.
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Flooding causes chaos for homeowners all along Cornwall's south coast as 80mph winds hit land.
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The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 61 on Saturday &#151; with dozens of others still missing and feared dead in Oman &#151; when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.
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A cyclone packing huge winds of up to 260 kilometres an hour advanced towards the Gulf state of Oman on Tuesday, posing a potential threat to the key route for oil exports from the energy-rich region.
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Roofs were blown off, trees uprooted and power lines cut by the force of a tropical cyclone which slammed into coastal regions of already-beleaguered Mozambique on Thursday, officials said.
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A stiff breeze is blowing a 1,500-ton oil slick toward Egypt's Mediterranean coast near the city of Port Said after two oil tankers collided on Saturday, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.
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Howling winds and torrential rain have battered Taiwan as a late-season typhoon struck the island, killing at least one person and forcing schools and businesses to close.