Powerful cyclone bears down on Oman
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A cyclone packing huge winds of up to 260 kilometres an hour advanced towards the Gulf state of Oman on Tuesday, posing a potential threat to the key route for oil exports from the energy-rich region.
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You missed the wild ride on Cyclone Gonu? Oil traders rode that financial roller coaster for several days this month when the cyclone briefly pummeled the energy-producing Persian Gulf state of Oman. Crude prices shot above $71 a barrel at Gonu's worst, only to recede to below $69 a barrel over t...
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The most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades slammed into its southeastern coast Thursday, destroying hundreds of homes and battering the region with rain and wind after more than 1.3 million people were evacuated, state media reported. At least two people were killed.
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The most powerful typhoon to barrel into Japan's Pacific coastline in a decade made landfall Saturday, unleashing gusts and torrential rains that grounded planes, flooded homes and triggered landslides. One person was dead and another missing.
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Cyclone Gonu pummeled Oman on Wednesday, halting oil and gas exports for a second day and forcing thousands to flee the coast, but weakened as it moved through the Arabian Sea, a major route for Gulf oil shipments.
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People dragged soaked bedding and carpets from homes Thursday after Cyclone Gonu's winds blew down trees and power lines and its rains sent torrents of water and mud surging through Oman's seaside capital, a city often called the Arab world's tidiest.
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A powerful typhoon, one of the strongest  storms recorded in Asia this year, churned toward Japan on  Saturday, lashing the nation with heavy rain, prompting  evacuations and threatening to strike Tokyo.
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Heavy rain and strong thunderstorms pounded the Great Plains, producing large hail and damaging winds in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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A powerful cyclone ripped across Australia's northwestern coast on Friday, tearing roofs from houses in remote towns and laying waste to at least one mining camp. Officials said at least one person was killed and 20 injured.
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Oil pulled back slightly but remained above $70 on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea reached the coastline of Gulf producer Oman, closing the main gas export terminal.
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A POWERFUL typhoon struck southern Japan today, unleashing a downpour, strong winds and high tides that left thousands without power, forced hundreds to flee their homes and disrupted air and sea transport links.
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An intensifying Hurricane Jeanne bore down on storm-ravaged Floridaâs Atlantic coast Saturday, as officials predicted widespread devastation from its 115 mph-plus winds, tornadoes and storm surge.
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Malaysia's meteorology department has issued its highest alert for strong winds and rough seas off the country's eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak as destructive typhoon Durian made its way through the region.
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Firebrand fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar provided the thunder and lightning at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday on a day in which intermittent showers dampened enjoyment of a Test that has come alive thanks to a back-from-the-abyss series fightback by
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Torrential rain and raging winds announce the arrival of Typhoon Chaba in southern Japan.
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Strong winds and torrential rain cause havoc, with warnings of more "exceptionally severe" weather to come.
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Category 4 storm bears down on coastlines of Nicaragua and Honduras.