Second cyclone poised to hit Yemen

A second strong cyclone is projected Yemen. Cyclone Megh, which formed and gained strength in the Arabian Sea, aims to make landfall early Tuesday.

Al Jazeera weather presenter Steff Gaulter said on Sunday that the cyclone could bring heavy flooding and landslides in a typically dry area.

Yemeni Minister of Fishing, Fahd Selim, said Mengh has killed at least one person and wreaked havoc when it hit Socotra Island, a small Yemeni archipelago located about 360km off the mainland.

Al Jazeera's Gaulter added: "The storm strengthened significantly over the past 12 hours and now has sustained winds of 165 km/h, with gusts up to 200 km/h.

"This makes it the equivalent of a major category three hurricane on the five point Saffir-Simpson scale which is used to rate the strength of hurricanes in the waters around the Americas.

"A storm of this strength is likely to cause widespread destruction, and is easily capable of damaging homes and snapping trees."

Weather Underground, an independent online meteorological agency, projects Megh to dramatically weaken to a tropical depression when it hits landfall.

The storm is projected to hit Aden.

Photo Caption: Cyclone Megh has at least killed one person on the Yemen's Socotra Island (NASA)