Mekunu weakens as it nears Saudi after lashing Oman

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Mekunu weakens as it nears Saudi after lashing Oman

Riyadh - The tropical Cyclone Mekunu's intensity has dropped to 'a deep depression'.

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Published: Sun 27 May 2018, 8:07 AM

Last updated: Sun 27 May 2018, 10:25 AM

Mekunu, which has wreaked havoc in Yemen's Socotra island killing at least six people, was heading northwest to Saudi Arabia, officials said.

The meteorology department said the latest weather charts and satellite imageries indicate that Mekunu's intensity has dropped to "a deep depression". President of the General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection (PME) Dr. Khalil bin Musleh Al Thaqafi confirmed the end of the critical period of the impact of the tropical storm Mekunu on Saudi territories.

Satellite images, analysis of weather maps and the results of numerical models of the tropical cyclone Mekunu, in the Arabian Sea, had earlier shown that the storm weakened to a second class cyclone and was expected to move north to northwest, with the storm eye away from Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
 


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