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According Farzad Panahi, head of Iran's emergency services, the cyclone caused flash floods in Hormozgan and Sistan-Balochistan provinces in Iran damaging about 70 percent of the residential houses in the town of Jask.

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The Iranian news agency IRNA is reporting that after the devastating tropical storm, Cyclone Gonu, hit the Persian Gulf region a cargo ship sank in the coastal waters of Haghani jetty in Bandar Abbas on Wednesday.

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Twelve people were killed when Cyclone Gonu struck the Gulf country of Oman, an emergency official says.
The storm was the strongest to hit the Gulf for decades, damaging buildings and trees in Oman's capital, Muscat, and leaving many roads flooded.

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Oman evacuated tens of thousands of people Wednesday, suspended oil exports and closed a major port as a weakening Cyclone Gonu roared toward the Strait of Hormuz - the world's major transport artery for Persian Gulf oil.

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    Fins (22.9 N, 59.2 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently

    Sur (22.5 N, 59.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently

    Muscat (23.5 N, 58.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% currently

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Severe Cyclonic Storm GONU is forecast to strike land in    Oman.
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently

    Fins (22.9 N, 59.2 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% within 12 hours
        
    Sur (22.5 N, 59.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently
        
    Al Ashkhirah (21.9 N, 59.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 100% currently
        
    Muscat (23.5 N, 58.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 70% within 12 hours
        probability for TS is 95% within 12 hours

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Super Cyclonic Storm Gonu is forecast to strike land in  Oman

        probability for CAT 1 or above is 65% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 90% in about 24 hours

    Sur (22.5 N, 59.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 60% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 85% in about 24 hours

    Al Ashkhirah (21.9 N, 59.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 55% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 85% in about 24 hours

    Fins (22.9 N, 59.2 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 36 hours
        probability for TS is 75% in about 24 hours

    Muscat (23.5 N, 58.6 E)
        probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 48 hours
        probability for TS is 55% in about 36 hours

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Tropical Cyclone Gonu was captured by the Aqua satellite in the northern Indian Ocean basin, heading towards the north-eastern shore of Oman on June 4, 2007.

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When the image was acquired Gonu had sustained winds of over 240 kilometres per hour.

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