The cyclone was named by Oman, following the standard convention of naming tropical cyclones in the region. In Arabic, Remal means "sand". Cyclone Remal is the first cyclone over the Bay of Bengal ...

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MAMOUDZOU: Residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced on Sunday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash ...

Cyclone Dikeledi has caused the deaths of five people in Mozambique's northern province of Nampula, the United Nations agency UNICEF Mozambique reported on Thursday. On Tuesday in Nampula city ...

Omani authorities say nine members of a 16-strong Indian and Sri Lankan crew have been rescued, after going missing when their oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman on Monday. One other has ...

Cyclone Chido, which struck on Dec. 14 and killed at least 39 people, is inflaming already dangerous tensions over immigration on Mayotte, an archipelago off Africa’s eastern coast.