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Cyclone Mekunu to be 'extremely severe' on landfall in Oman
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A man covers his head under heavy rain. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
A member of staff removes the rain water covered a corridor at a hotel in Salalah, Oman. Cyclone Mekunu will be "extremely severe" when it crashes into the Arabian Peninsula. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
Staff members removes the rain water covered a corridor at a hotel in Salalah, Oman. Cyclone Mekunu will be "extremely severe" when it crashes into the Arabian Peninsula. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
A golf buggie passes the trees at a hotel in Salalah, Oman. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
Strong waves smashed into empty tourist beaches. Many holidaymakers fled the storm on Thursday night before Salalah International Airport closed. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
A car makes its way through standing water on a road in Salalah, Oman. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
A man covers his head under the rain. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
The cyclone is expected to make landfall early Saturday. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
A worker carries bottles of water in a school turned into a shelter in Salalah. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
Workers prepare to stay in a school turned into a shelter. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
Workers rest ahead of Cyclone Mekuna's arrival on the mainland Arabian Peninsula. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
An Omani man walks down the street. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
An Omani official gestures to a loader driver to tear away a road divider. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo -
Cars drive through a flooded street as heavy rains and strong winds pummel Oman's Dhofar province. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
Rain has lashed Salalah non-stop for several hours. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
High waves breaking along the shore. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
Flooded Salalah streets. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
Flooded Salalah streets. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
Flooded Salalah streets. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
Flooded Salalah streets. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo -
Flooded Salalah streets. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo
Cyclone Mekunu begins to make presence felt in Salalah - in pictures
The storm gathers strength as it advances on Oman
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