Oman almost had to wave ‘Goodbye’ to T20 World Cup due to deadly storm
- 06-Oct-2021
The chairman of Oman’s cricket board told Reuters he would have had to wave “Goodbye” to the Twenty20 World Cup had a deadly storm that ripped through the Gulf state on Sunday taken a slightly different path. Eleven people were killed as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after tropical storm Shaheen made […]
Cyclone Shaheen: Seven more killed in Oman
- 04-Oct-2021
Seven more people were killed in Oman as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after Cyclone Shaheen made landfall, the national emergency committee said on Monday on its official Twitter account. Four people had been killed on Sunday including a child. Latest data showed that the storm had subsided, the civil aviation authority […]
Three dead in landslide, flooding as cyclone Shaheen lashes Oman
- 03-Oct-2021
Two people were killed by a landslide and a child died in flash flooding as Tropical Cyclone Shaheen pummelled Oman, authorities said Sunday. Flights were suspended and schools closed as the storm, with wind speeds up to 139 kilometres (86 miles) an hour, was due to cross Oman’s north coast in the evening. In the […]
Cyclone Shaheen to cross Oman coast during early hours of Monday
- 03-Oct-2021
KARACHI: The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Shaheen’ likely to cross Oman coast during early hours of October 4 (Monday), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in its alert on Sunday. Presently the cyclonic storm lies over Northwest Arabian Sea and adjoining Gulf of Oman near latitude 24.4North and longitude 59.4East, at a distance of 780 km […]
Cyclone Shaheen: Thunderstorm, heavy rain expected in Karachi, Gwadar
- 01-Oct-2021
KARACHI: A tropical cyclone, Shaheen, in the Arabia Sea is 400 kilometers away from Karachi and 250 kilometers southeast of Gwadar, the met office said predicting thunderstorm in the former and heavy rainfall in the latter areas, ARY NEWS reported. According to a sixth alert issued from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the cyclone storm, […]