Thread: Cat 5 hurricane Gonu to hit Oman and Iran

We are very fortunate to have the warning system here, unfortunatly they do not in UAE and surrounding area!! Also read Related stories!! Gonu is expected to hit the SE coast of Iman tomorrow and then move on to Iran!!

Gulfnews: Muscat prepares for Gonu's arrival


WTIN20 DEMS 050600
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING
RSMC NEW DELHI F/C
1. TROPICAL CYCLONE -GONU- WARNING NR 03
ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN ARABIAN SEA

INITIAL POSITION
050000Z NEAR 20.7 N 62.8 E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 120 KTS equal to 138.2 MPH

MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS 045DEG AT 12 KTS

FORECAST
06 HRS VALID AT: 050600 21.4N 61.6E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 115 KTS

12 HRS VALID AT: 051200 21.8N 60.5E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 110 KTS

18 HRS VALID AT: 051800 22.1N 59.7E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 105 KTS

24 HRS VALID AT: 060000 22.1N 59.3E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 100 KTS

30 HRS VALID AT: 060600 22.5N 58.5E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 100 KTS

36 HRS VALID AT: 061200 22.9N 58.1E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 90 KTS

42 HRS VALID AT: 061800 23.6N 58.1E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 75 KTS

48 HRS VALID AT: 070000 24.3N 57.7E
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 50 KTS

NEXT WARNING AT 060600

TROPICAL STORM “GONU” ADVISORY NO. THIRTY-FOUR AT 1500 UTC OF 6TH JUNE, 2007 BASED ON 1200 UTC CHARTS OF 6TH JUNE 2007. THE VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “GONU” MOVED NORTWESTWARD AND LAY CENTRED AT 1200 UTC OF 06TH JUNE 2007 NEAR LAT. 24.00N AND LONG. 59.00 E.

CURRENT INTENSITY IS T4.5 RPT T4.5 SATELLITE IMAGERIES SHOW SOLID INTENSE TO VERY INTENSE CONVECTION. ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE 970HPA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEED 90 KTS GUSTING 100 KTS.

FORECAST: THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN AND MOVE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. 24 HOURS FORECAST INTENSITY IS T4.0 RPT T4.0 SEA CONDITION WILL BE VERY HIGH TO PHENOMENAL.

Gulfnews: Muscat lashed by Cyclone Gonu

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One of those comments:

We are in Muscat, In a place called Qurum near the CCC Shopping complex. Our houses are underwater we need help to evecuate. Can you please inform someone to send help for us. My phone number is +96895103049
Mohamed
Qurum,Oman

Gonu now called worst storm to hit the area in recored history.

Lots of flooding, bridges washed away, and 28 dead.

My hubby, who's into watching the financial news, says that this storm will have an impact on our gas prices.

Originally Posted by cruisin' chick

My hubby, who's into watching the financial news, says that this storm will have an impact on our gas prices.

Sheeeeeesh, I think everything has an impact on our gas prices!!!

At least 32 Gonu-related deaths were reported in Oman, including members of police rescue squads, and 30 others were reported missing, police said. Rescue teams were searching for victims using helicopters and boats, he said

Reuters is reporting this morning that the death toll from Gunu has exceeded previous reports. This morning's article cites 61 dead and 27 missing in Iran and Oman.

TEHRAN, June 9 (Reuters) - Flooding caused by Cyclone Gonu which swept southern Iran this week killed 12 people and damaged more than 1,000 villages, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday...

... Cyclone Gonu killed 49 people in nearby Oman and that country's state news agency said 27 people were still missing.

Death toll from Cyclone Gonu rises to 70
By Ali Akbar Dareini


The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 on Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.

Residents of deep southern Iran reported massive devastation in some small desert villages, with one man saying every house in his hometown had been swept away by floods.

"Twelve people have been killed and nine injured as a result of Cyclone Gonu battering southern Iran," Farzad Panahi, the head of National Emergency Relief Committee, said on state radio. He did not provide details.

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The storm killed at least 49 in Oman - with more than two dozen missing.

In Iran, the floodwaters drove out the residents of Shahrestan and Kahir villages, both near the port city of Chabahar, according to state radio.

A Kahir resident said the whole village was washed away by the floods.

"Some 120 families lived here. Not a single house is standing now. People have no refuge to seek protection," he said.

"There is no water, no electricity and no food," the man said as he burst into tears. "No help has reached us."

Pahani said relief operations had started on Friday as the storm subsided. He said rescue teams were using helicopters and trucks to send supplies to those affected by the storm.

Hormozgan Province governor Saheb Mohammadi said almost all roads destroyed by the storm have reopened, excluding one road connecting southern Iran to eastern Iran.

"The storm is over. The sea is calm. Excluding one road, all roads have reopened," Mohammadi said on state-run TV.

Iranian officials previously said water had encircled more than 100 villages deep in Kerman Province, where many residents subsist on livestock and small farm plots in villages consisting of a handful of families.

Video footage showed people taking their belongings to higher ground, and said hundreds were living in tents in the port town of Konarak. It also said regular flights to the town's airport had restarted.

In Bandar Abbas, Iran's main non-oil port, some people were living in school auditoriums, where they moved during the storm, the report said.

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