from memory | Rare and historical photos of the effects of Hurricane Gonu on the city of Muscat on this day in the year 2007 AD and its sinking in an unprecedented way

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - Hurricane Gonu , the name that the residents of the Sultanate of Oman will not forget despite the passage of 15 years on it. In such days, the memory brings us back to the devastating Gonu cyclone that swept the Sultanate of Oman in the year 2007 AD, and caused severe damage to large areas, including the capital, Muscat. .

Cyclone Gonu , which struck the Sultanate of Oman on June 3, 2007, and its indirect effects extended to the eastern coasts of the United Arab Emirates, accompanied by winds of 175 km/h, was considered one of the strongest hurricanes to strike the region during the past 100 years.

The hurricane caused severe damage in the Qurum area of the capital, Muscat, where the heavy rains accompanying the cyclone caused unprecedented floods that flooded commercial and residential complexes, uprooted trees and roads and destroyed infrastructure. year 2007 AD