ISLAMABAD: Tropical cyclone Nanauk is expected to hit Oman’s coast in the next few days.
Going
by the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center s given name of 02A, the cyclone
is currently lingering in the Arabian Sea with an estimated speed of 70
to 90kmph, Arab News reported.
According to the UAE’s
National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology, by Wednesday afternoon
the tropical cyclone was some 960km southeast of the Masirah Island of
Oman.
It would move and intensify further in the center of Arabian Sea on June 12 and 13, said the center.
The
storm, Oman’s Met Office said is expected to move northwestward and
make landfall in Oman between Ras Al Hadd and Ras Madrakah on June 15.
Nanauk will intensify further in the center of the Arabian Sea but it is
expected to weaken before approaching the coast of Oman. With wind
speed reaching 30 35 knots per hour the storm is expected to bring in
100-300mm rainfall in 24 hours all over the Sultanate, a senior Omani
official said, adding the height of the sea waves may reach four meters.
The impact of cyclone is expected from Saturday to
Monday. Heavy rains and high speed winds are expected to lash North and
South Sharqiyah Al Wusta and Muscat governorates. The rapid
intensification of the storm was expected given the conducive
environment at the sea as well as in the atmosphere.
