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(AP) 9 June 2007 TEHERAN, Iran - The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 on Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm. Residents of deep southern Iran reported massive devastation in some small desert villages, with one man saying every house in his hometown had been swept away by floods.
Following devastating tropical storm, Cyclone Gonu, which hit Persian Gulf region a cargo ship sank in the coastal waters of Haghani jetty in Bandar Abbas on Wednesday, it was announced on Saturday. Speaking to IRNA, Colonel Asghar Ghotbzadeh said the ship had already been seized by coastal guards for illegal transport of crude oil.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.
Residents of deep southern Iran reported massive....
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.
Residents of deep southern Iran reported massive devastation in some small....
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI= ^Associated Press Writer=
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ The death toll from Cyclone Gonu rose to 70 Saturday when Iranian state media reported nine new deaths from the storm.
Residents of deep southern Iran reported massive devastation in some small desert villages, with one man....
FLASH floods caused by cyclone Gonu have killed 12 people, injured nine and trapped 40,000 others in southeastern Iran, news reports said today. 8:45pm (AEST)
Flooding caused by Cyclone Gonu which swept southern Iran killed 12 people and damaged more than 1,000 villages, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday. Officials said the storm affected the provinces of Hormuzgan, Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan, damaging roads, bridges and houses.
TEHRAN, June 9 (Reuters) - Flooding caused by Cyclone Gonu which swept southern Iran this week killed 12 people and damaged more than 1,000 villages, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday. Officials said the hurricane, a rare occurrence in the Gulf region, affected the provinces of....
(AFP) 9 June 2007 TEHERAN - Flash floods caused by cyclone Gonu have killed seven people and trapped 40,000 others in southeastern Iran, news reports said on Saturday. “Three people were killed in Hormozgan (province) and four died in Sistan-Baluchestan,” an Iranian official in charge of natural....
From Ravindra Nath (Our correspondent) 9 June 2007 MUSCAT — The death toll from Wednesday's Cyclone Gonu in Oman has mounted to 49 as more bodies have been recovered in different parts of the country yesterday. Police sources said last night that 27 people were still missing.
TEHRAN, June 9 (Reuters) - Flooding caused by Cyclone Gonu which swept southern Iran this week killed 12 people and damaged more than 1,000 villages, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.
Officials said the hurricane, a rare occurrence in the Gulf region, affected the....
LONDON, June 9 (IranMania) - Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded dozens of tiny villages in the deserts of southern Iran on Friday, cutting off roads, power and communications and sending some residents into trees for safety, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
ABU DHABI, June 9 (RIA Novosti) - At least 49 people are dead and 27 missing after a disastrous storm swept through the coast of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a local newspaper said Saturday.
LONDON, June 9 (IranMania) - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Oman's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yusuf Bin Alavi bin Abdullah exchanged views over the phone on the recent cyclone in Oman and latest regional developments, IRNA reported.
TEHRAN Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu cut off dozens of tiny villages in southern Iran. Water encircled more than 100 villages deep in Kerman province. Flooding also swamped dozens of villages in neighboring Sistan and Baluchistan province. Gonu spared the region's oil installations.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Friday expressed sympathy and deep condolences for those affected in Oman by the Cyclone Gonu this week in a message to his Omani counterpart Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah.
By a staff reporter 9 June 2007 THE U.A.E DUBAI — Air traffic between the UAE and Oman has been back to normal yesterday (June 8) as the Muscat Seeb International Airport resumed operations. Flights to and from Muscat were cancelled by various airlines from Wednesday to Thursday as Cyclone Gonu,....
By Salah Al Deberky 9 June 2007 FUJAIRAH — With Cyclone Gonu having retreated, life is gradually returning to normal with flood waters receding from areas along the Eastern Coast and municipalities and rescue and relief teams struggling to fix things, especially the battered roads.
By our staff reporters 9 June 2007 FUJAIRAH/ DUBAI — Eleven of the 21 sailors of the ill-fated ship Dubai Tranz were rescued by a passing Hong Kong-based vessel off the coast of Fujairah on June 6, a day after the onslaught of cyclone Gonu. Captain Musa Murad, director general of the Fujairah Port,....
(Wam) 9 June 2007 ABU DHABI — Normalcy has returned to the UAE’s east coast as tropical Cyclone Gonu has totally dissipated, Lt. General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior, announced here yesterday. “Residents of the coastal areas who were evacuated ahead of the cyclone have begun....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded dozens of tiny villages in the deserts of southern Iran on Friday, cutting off roads, power and communications and sending some residents into trees for safety. Water encircled more than 100 villages deep in Kerman....
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Floods spawned by the remnants of Cyclone Gonu stranded dozens of tiny