tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post7870602567101078555..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: A new storm forms in the Arabian Seaantixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-32276383755785538452015-11-05T23:54:25.970+02:002015-11-05T23:54:25.970+02:00Eight people were killed in southeastern Yemen by ...Eight people were killed in southeastern Yemen by a rare tropical cyclone that wreaked havoc in parts of the war-torn country this week, a local official said Thursday...<br /><br />The deaths, five by drowning and three in collapsed homes, occurred in Hadramawt province between Tuesday and early Wednesday, before Cyclone Chapala eased into a depression, said Mohammed al-Amudi of the governorate's technical affairs department.<br /><br />Forty people were also injured over the two days, Amudi said.<br /><br />Around "3,000 families were displaced during the cyclone," he said, reporting "massive destruction" of the province's infrastructure.<br /><br />Cyclone Chapala weakened Wednesday after making landfall Tuesday in mainland Yemen, triggering heavy flash floods after severely striking the country's Arabian Sea island of Socotra.<br /><br />Weather was back to normal on Thursday.....AFP<br />5/11/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com