<p class="title">A powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea is churning toward the coasts of Oman and Yemen, where forecasters anticipate it will make landfall on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forecasters at India's Meteorological Department said today that Cyclone Mekunu will intensify into what they described as a "very severe cyclonic storm."</p>.<p class="bodytext">They say the cyclone is now some 670 km off the coast of Salalah, a southern Omani port city near the sultanate's border with Yemen.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forecasters expect the storm will reach the coast on Saturday morning, with winds gusting as high as 180 kmph.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Authorities in Oman say they are prepared for the storm to make landfall, warning it could cause flooding and damage to homes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neighbouring Yemen remains locked in a yearslong war.</p>
<p class="title">A powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea is churning toward the coasts of Oman and Yemen, where forecasters anticipate it will make landfall on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forecasters at India's Meteorological Department said today that Cyclone Mekunu will intensify into what they described as a "very severe cyclonic storm."</p>.<p class="bodytext">They say the cyclone is now some 670 km off the coast of Salalah, a southern Omani port city near the sultanate's border with Yemen.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forecasters expect the storm will reach the coast on Saturday morning, with winds gusting as high as 180 kmph.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Authorities in Oman say they are prepared for the storm to make landfall, warning it could cause flooding and damage to homes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Neighbouring Yemen remains locked in a yearslong war.</p>