CYCLONE HEADS FOR YEMEN AFTER INJURING 200

ADEN: Cyclone Chapala was approaching war-torn Yemen yesterday after wreaking havoc on Socotra island and injuring hundreds of people there, as fears of its impact on Oman eased, officials said. Strong winds hit southeast Yemen and high waves flooded the seafronts of AlQaeda-held Mukalla and Shehr in Hadramawt province, as well as the Belhaf gas terminal in Shabwa province, officials and residents said. “The cyclone is approaching Mukalla and we fear a disaster,” one official at the provincial capital said, requesting anonymity. – AFP