A picture taken on May 25, 2018, shows high waves breaking along the shore in the southern city of Salalah as the country prepares for landfall of Cyclone Mekunu. AFP / Mohammed Mahjoub
Doha: The Qatar Meteorology Department has clarified that “there are no immediate impacts of Cyclone Mekunu expected from the country”
“Department wishes to clarify that there are no immediate impacts expected from the country of the Cyclone Mekunu. The impact is indirectly affected by a medium to high altitude drag flow to the country's atmosphere in the coming days with the possibility of dust evaporation due to wind speed activity ,” an official tweet said.
تود إدارة الأرصاد الجوية التوضيح أنه لاتوجد أي تأثيرات مباشرة متوقعة على البلاد من الإعصار المداري #Mekunu ، ويقتصر التأثير بشكل غير مباشر من خلال تدفق سحب متوسطة وعالية الارتفاع إلى أجواء البلاد خلال الأيام القادمة مع إحتمال إثارة الغبار نتيجة نشاط سرعة الرياح . #قطر pic.twitter.com/UWLMcmFhUD
— أرصاد قطر (@Qatar_Weather) May 24, 2018
Five people were killed and at least 40 missing on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Friday as Cyclone Mekunu pummelled the area before making its way to the Arabian Peninsula's southern coast, Reuters reported.
The Royal Oman Police later said on Twitter that a 12-year-old girl died after winds from the cyclone caused her to collide with a wall, according to an Associate Press report.
