TC "Mekunu" strongest in recorded history, dumps nearly 3 years' worth of rain in one day

in #mekunu • 7 years ago

"Tropical Cyclone "Mekunu" slammed into Oman around 20:00 UTC on Friday, May 25, 2018 as the first Category 3 hurricane equivalent to hit the region in recorded history. The storm dumped nearly three years' worth of rain in landfall area and left at least 5 people dead and 30 missing.

Mekunu became an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm prior to landfall which occurred about 40 km (25 miles) WSW of Salalah, Oman's third-largest city with a population of about 200 000."

https://watchers.news/2018/05/26/tropical-cyclone-mekunu-oman-yemen/tropical-cyclone-mekunu-floods-oman-may-2018.jpg

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