Gemiddeld komt er 1 orkaan per jaar voor in de Arabische zee. In het gebied bij India en Bangladesch komen ze iets (maar ook niet veel) vaker voor.quote:Op dinsdag 1 november 2011 13:24 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
Ben benieuwd, laatste jaren komt daar toch zeker wel een flinke orkaan vandaan.
Nu het Atlantische seizoen voorbij is zal daar de kern van activiteit wel liggen, net als bij Bangladesh enzo
quote:Cyclone Keila soaking Arabia
Tropical Cyclone Keila, an unusual visitor to Arabia, will unleash drenching rain as it hovers near the south coast of Arabia for the next day or so.
Flash flooding will be the greatest storm threat to life and property, as Keila's moderate intensity will preclude widespread high winds over land.
In southwestern Oman, Keila has already triggered rainfall of 50 to 100 mm (2 to 4 inches) in the area of Salalah and the port of Raysut. This amount is comparable to a normal year's rainfall. What is more, as much more rain could pelt the area before the storm dissipates along the coast near the Oman-Yemen border.
Tropical cyclones are rare events along the coast of Oman and Yemen. When they have made landfall, they have historically triggered flash flashing, as happened with severe, destructive Tropical Cyclone Gonu in June 2007.
Another cyclonic storm struck Yemen from the Gulf of Aden in October 2008, resulting in severe flooding.
quote:MUSCAT, Oman — The death toll from a tropical storm that swept across Oman has risen to 14 with several bodies turning up in surging floodwaters, officials said on Thursday.
At least 200 people were injured in the cloudburst that lashed the largely desert sultanate on the eastern flanks of the Arabian Peninsula, a location that puts it in the path of seasonal monsoons or cyclones.
"The latest update is that five people who were missing were confirmed dead, bringing the number up to 14," a rescue services spokesman said.
The storm began on Tuesday, flooded many areas and is expected to linger over much of the country until Saturday.
Authorities had to airlift 60 patients out of two hospitals, which temporarily closed because of flood damage. "My estimate is that it will cost no less than 20 million rials ($50 million) to put (the hospitals) right," a doctor said.
"In some parts of the country, the water level was six feet (about 1.80 metres) high," the spokesman said.
Witnesses said cars were swept away as rainwater swamped major motorways. Some drivers scrambled to the rooftops of their cars to escape rising flash floods.
"One valley had everything floating in it, including cars, dead animals and people's personal belongings," eyewitness Saud Al Ghaith told Reuters from his home town of Rostaq, north of the capital Muscat.
Oman was hit last year by Cyclone Phet, which killed about 50 people in different parts of the sultanate.
quote:AT 400 AM EST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM SEAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.4 WEST. THE STORM IS
NEARLY STATIONARY...AND LITTLE MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY. A SLOW
WESTWARD OR NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BY TONIGHT OR
WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
WINDS OF 40 MPH EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 380 MILES...610 KM...PRIMARILY
WEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
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