The Latest: Death toll from cyclone in Oman climbs to 3
SALALAH, Oman (AP) — The Latest on the cyclone battering Oman and Yemen (all times local):
12:15 p.m.
Police in Oman say Cyclone Mekunu has killed at least three people in the Gulf sultanate.
Capt. Tarek al-Shanfari, of the Royal Oman Police's public relations department, said Saturday the first death was a 12-year-old girl who was hit in the head by a door flung open by the wind.
He says an Asian laborer died in a flooded valley and an Omani national in a 4x4 died when his vehicle was swept away. Three others in the vehicle were rescued.
___
6:30 a.m.
Cyclone Mekunu has blown into the Arabian Peninsula, drenching arid Oman and Yemen with rain and cutting off power lines.