One of the most powerful disasters that hit the Arab world: Hurricane Gonu 2007 - see the pictures

Written By سنان خلف on 2018/05/22

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

ArabiaWeather.com - Sinan Khalaf - With the continuous development of the tropical storm "Makunu", which formed in the Arabian Sea, and the increasing possibility of its development into a first-class hurricane, fears increase of a possible repetition of what happened in the authority of Oman in the year 2007 AD, when a similar tropical storm formed in The Arabian Sea turned into a devastating hurricane that struck the coasts of the Sultanate, causing severe damage to large areas, including the capital, Muscat. This devastating hurricane was known as Hurricane "Junu".

This hurricane hit the Sultanate of Oman on the third of June of the year 2007, and its indirect effects extended to the eastern coasts of the United Arab Emirates, accompanied by winds of 175 km / h. This hurricane was considered one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the region in 60 years.

The hurricane caused severe damage in the Qurum region of the capital, Muscat, where the heavy rains accompanying the hurricane caused unprecedented floods that flooded entire commercial and residential complexes, uprooted trees and roads, and destroyed the infrastructure.

Now follow the clouds and their development in the #Arabian_Sea directly through the Arab Weather Maps application by downloading it via the link http://smarturl.it/awmaps

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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