• A man covers his head under heavy rain. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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 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
    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
    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
    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 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
    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 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
    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
    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
    Rain has lashed Salalah non-stop for several hours. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP Photo
  • High waves breaking along the shore. 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
    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


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