Cyclone Gonu leaves 35 dead in Oman and Iran

Dubai - Cyclone Gonu left Oman and Iran, where it killed at least 35 people in both countries and caused devastation, and swept into the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route on Friday, though its power was waning.

Iranian state television said the hurricane left Iran in the afternoon and was heading towards Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil supplies pass.An Iranian official said the hurricane had weakened and its "impact will be completely gone", he told the official ISNA news agency.

The Omani news agency ONA said at least 32 people had been killed and 30 were missing. Three people were reported killed in Iran on Thursday and nine were missing.

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