<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Cyclone Mekunu, which is on a path to strike Oman, hit the Yemeni island of Socotra today, causing severe flooding and damage to houses. <br />''<br />''Fisheries Ministry officials said, seven people were missing and hundreds evacuated from their homes. The island is listed by UNESCO as a world natural heritage site.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />''</span>The Indian Meteorological Department said, the storm, now described as very severe, was about 475 kilometers off the coast of Salalah, one of Oman's biggest cities. The storm is expected to make landfall near Salalah on Saturday morning.</div>''<div><br />''</div>