Posted by Kyle Brookings on Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Tropical Cyclone Mekunu hit the southwest coast of Oman on May 25 an 26.
The Category 3 storm is the first storm in modern history to his southwest Oman.
When Mekunu made landfall it had winds of 185 km/h. It brought flooding rain and storm surge.
The City of Salalah received 617 millimeters of rain in just four days.
Oman, a nation on the Arabian Peninsula. Oman receives little rainfall, with annual rainfall in Muscat averaging 100 mm.