June 4, 2010

• Phet Is Back Over Water

  Cyclone Phet has now exited land and is back over water again, heading north-east over the Gulf of Oman. Phet is still a Category 1 storm, with a clearly visible eye. Incredible! I just can't belive how Phet has remained this powerful after travelling overland for so many hours! A BBC article I just spotted also expresses surprise over the continued strength of Cyclone Phet - article here. I guess it will take a while before we know more about what happened when the eye of the storm passed over parts of eastern Oman. There is not much news from inside Oman online yet. Anyway, this is where the eye of Cyclone Phet was located at 4.00 PM Omani time this afternoon.

  

  Phet is nearer to Muscat now than before. Also, there's no longer any landmass between the eye of the storm and Muscat, so I'm wondering whether the wind, the rain and the flooding will increase now in Muscat. Or maybe it will decrease as Phet is now moving away from Oman towards Pakistan. Let's hope for the latter!!

  Crisis Team Stationed in Fujairah

  There is also no longer any landmass between Cyclone Phet and Fujairah! I just read in the paper this morning that a 57-man quick response crew has been deployed to Fujairah to deal high winds or wet weather caused by the cyclone along the UAE east coast. The weather in Fujairah has been good today, though the sea has been quite rough.

  I'm just hoping Phet won't suddenly veer off in an easterly direction.

   

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