Second Deadly Cyclone in a Week Targets Yemen

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Yemen’s Socotra Island just endured Cyclone Chapala and just a week later is facing a second. Captions and Photo source: NASA

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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.

Back-to-back cyclones affecting Socotra Island within a week’s time is unprecedented in the historical record…

Read Full Article, USA Today

Chapala to Make Landfall in Yemen as First Hurricane-Strength Cyclone on Record, The Washington Post (11-02-2015)

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