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rare intense tropical cyclone has formed in
the Arabian Sea and is forecast to dump eight years of rain in about 48 hours
on typically arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula.
Cyclone Chapala has already generated sustained winds of 95
knots (175 km/h), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre. It was also
producing significant wave heights of more than seven metres.
Eric Holthaus, a US meteorologist, estimates the storm will
dump as much as eight times the annual rainfall of coastal regions of Yemen and
Oman. These regions typically collect just 100-130 millimetres of rain a year.
Read the Melbourne Age
story by Sydney Morning Herald
environment editor, Peter Hannan - “Raretropical cyclone: Yemen, Oman expect eight years of rain in two days as Chapala forms in Arabian Sea.”
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