MUSCAT, Oman – Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast Wednesday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations before heading toward the ...

Oman evacuated tens of thousands of people Wednesday, suspended oil exports and closed a major port as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward the Strait of Hormuz — the world's major transport artery ...

Cyclone-force winds of Gonu, which had been churning northwest through the Indian Ocean, reached the Omani coastal towns of Sur and Ra's al-Hadd. Civil Defense said the storm was dropping heavy rains ...

The worst storm to pummel the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years continued to lash the coast of Oman on Wednesday, driving out tens of thousands as the weakening cyclone turned towards Iran. By noon, ...

MUSCAT, Oman Cyclone Gonu battered Oman’s coast Wednesday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting down oil installations before heading toward the world ...

Oman lost $200 million last week because Cyclone Gonu halted its oil exports, the Kuwaiti state news agency Kuna cited an Omani government official as saying. The official said Mina al Fahal, Oman's ...

The government of Oman declared a state of emergency as the country was hit today by the Tropical Cyclone Gonu, a tropical storm that has now reached a category 5 danger status. The storm is expected ...

MUSCAT, Oman -- Thousands of people fled low-lying areas as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years blasted Oman's eastern coast this morning with strong winds and waves, ...

An unusual event is happening over the next 48 hours, as the first tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds, and major hurricane-force winds at that, is approaching the Gulf of Oman, to strike the ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Cyclone Gonu pummeled Oman on Wednesday, halting oil and gas exports for a second day and forcing thousands to flee the coast, but weakened as it moved through the Arabian Sea, a ...

Cyclone Gonu has cost Oman’s economy almost $4 billion, according to initial government estimates. An official source at the Ministry of National Economy said reconstruction could cost the country ...