Life in Dubai: Storm devastation around the world...

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Storm devastation around the world...

We've been reading the stories of the devastation and deaths caused by Cyclone Gonu here in the Gulf, with Oman particularly badly hit. It seems that tragically the death toll will be around 75.

There's a similar story from the other side of the world too, although deaths are much fewer.

The area around my home town in Australia has just been hit by wild storms and the pictures are much the same as those we're seeing from Oman. There have been deaths there too, seven as far as I can find out including children which I always find particularly sad, sisters aged just 2 and 3 and their nine year old cousin. Their parents died as did a retired couple, all in cars which were washed away by floodwater.

What struck me is how similar the photographs are:

Oman...