almotamar.net - Local authorities in Al-Muhra governorate, south Yemen, said Tuesday they have taken precautionary measures for facing the sea cyclone expected to hit its eastern coasts.

Sources of the local authority in the governorate told almotamar.net they have taken precautionary measures after receiving information that the cyclone was heading towards Yemen coasts and warned fishermen to stay alert for any emergency and forces of Yemen's Coast Guard are deployed to encounter any possibilities.

Information indicates that a tropical cyclone could hit the coasts of Yemen and Oman. Meteorological administration in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, pointed out the existence of a deep depression in the process of developing into a tropical cyclone over the south of the Arabian Sea about 1000-1500 km away from the southern coasts of Oman and Yemen moving at a speed of 7-10 km per hour.

The main weather forecast centre of Abu Dhabi Meteorological Centre mentioned that forecast maps indicate the cyclone reaching the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula Thursday evening and the area is affected with rainy clouds and winds the speed of which can reach 20-25 knots.

The Yemeni National Centre of Meteorology has warned of the possibility that the depression could move to Socotra Island and Mukalla coast in six hours time and that would cause a state of tough sea on its coasts and waves could probably be at a height of 2-5 meters accompanied with rainy clouds and storms and north-eastern winds at a speed of more than 45 knots.