At least 12 people have been killed in Oman by Cyclone Gonu, which swept the coastline of the Gulf country this week.
Cyclone Gonu waned into a storm as it passed into a major oil shipping route toward Iran this morning, but left a trail of destruction that halted Oman's oil and gas exports for a third day.
An Omani relief official said 12 people were confirmed killed by the storm, which turned the streets of the capital Muscat into rivers, upturned cars and severed electricity and phone lines.
The death toll could rise however, with relief officials saying that flooding is hampering access to some areas.
Gonu, which peaked as a maximum-force Category Five hurricane on Tuesday and faded to a Category One hurricane on Wednesday is now an ordinary tropical storm.
