The second cyclone in a week slammed into an island off Yemen's coast Sunday with 127-mph winds, the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane, killing at least two people, officials said.
Cyclone Megh hit the eastern portion of the Yemeniisland of Socotra, according to AccuWeather. Megh is forecast to continue moving toward the mainland of Yemen, likely hitting as a tropical storm or depression on Tuesday or Wednesday, AccuWeather said.
Socotra, population 44,000, is a small island in the Arabian Sea, about 240 miles off the coast of Yemen.
Preliminary reports indicate that two people were killed by the storm, the World Health Organization tweeted Sunday.
Stu Ostro
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