Cyclone Mekunu kills girl of 12 in Oman

[su_label type=”info”]SMA News – Agencies[/su_label][su_spacer size=”10″] Cyclone Mekunu has hit southern Oman with high winds and rain, killing a 12-year-old girl and leaving three other people injured, officials say. The girl died after wind swept her against a wall, police say. State TV showed large areas of flooding in Dhofar and al-Wusta provinces, with dozens of vehicles submerged. The cyclone intensified in strength on Friday but has now been downgraded and officials said it would weaken further into a tropical storm. Cyclone Mekunu’s landfall to the west of Salalah, Oman’s second city, came a day after it lashed the Yemeni island of Socotra, where at least seven people were reported to have been killed.