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 ...

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 ...

Tropical Cyclone Gonu, which earlier reached the level of a maximum-force Category Five hurricane, was the strongest to reach Oman's coast since 1977, the Omani weather service told Reuters, with ...

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

MUSCAT, Oman (AP)-- People dragged soaked bedding and carpets from homes Thursday after Cyclone Gonu's winds blew down trees and power lines and its rains sent torrents of water and mud surging ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Cyclone Gonu pounded 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 Gulf of Oman, a ...

NEW YORK — Oil futures plunged by more than $2 a barrel Friday after news that Cyclone Gonu had spared major oil installations in the Gulf of Oman alleviated supply worries. Light, sweet crude for ...

No blog entry here last week as I was away on Air Force Reserve duty - one of the tasks of the unit I work with is to keep the Third Army leadership aware of weather issues and impacts in the Middle ...

(Adds new death toll) By Lin Noueihed DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - Cyclone Gonu waned into a storm as it passed into a major oil shipping route toward Iran on Thursday, but killed 28 people and left a ...

This seaside city has long been renowned as one of the Mideast's prettiest, with a gorgeous mountain backdrop, a smattering of hilltop castles overlooking a sparkling sea, and a proud leader who ...