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4 Oct, 9 tweets, 3 min read
Update on Cyclone Shaheen Gulab (attached thread has background. As forecast the mains storm has fallen apart fairly quickly.
Flooding in Oman has been pretty extreme today. Video tweets following all from @Arab_Storms.
Rainfall in Saudi Arabia
Cyclone Damage in Oman
Oman from above including helicopter rescue footage.
Here's the Oman from above one.
Some serious destruction here...
A wall collapsing.
More views from above

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Seven minute warning. The stream has started. Will let you know what happens in this thread.

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Live video has started. Waiting for @StephDujarric the chief @UN_Spokesperson.
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6 Oct
Attached is a thread showing the transition of Major Hurricane Sam into the a massive 1400km wide extratropical Cyclone (heading towards Iceland.

Here we see latest forecasts of the impact on Europe - beginning with a PWAT (water/energy) 5 day forecast.
The main feature we see in this animation is a cold dry air blast coming in from the east and colliding with a high pressure system located initially roughly speaking over the Bay of Biscay. The water concentration over the Med/Italy Alps suggests significant precipitation there.
This forecast shows the very complicated evolution of water transport over this five day period - JetStream 11-18km high winds carrying elevated moisture into Europe from the North Atlantic.
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6 Oct
Super extratropical cyclone Sam has just fully completed its transition, and it is an amazing sight.

Next stop Iceland.

[Imagery from @zoom_earth] Image
A set of 24 hour animations of the transition follow, zooming in on the final form of this storm, which is now 1365kms wide. Image
The super wide view shows just how massive the impact on Europe of this storm is.
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6 Oct
The first Ethiopia related media moment at the UNHQ today is beginning now according to the schedule. Stakeout's are not guaranteed, but @AmbMKimani is a very professional UN PR, so I expect he will turn up.
Here we see @AmbMKimani & media. Asked if there was a UNSC statement, Kenya's PR speaking as Kenya said he had not seen one, but that there would be an A3+1 joint position announced during the meeting this afternoon at 3pm.

He confirmed focus of meeting will be Ethiopia. Image
A second speaker came out to speak, but I missed who it was (internet issues). He said that the UNSC was "worried".
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The latest leaked email, published by Canadian author and investigative journalist @jeffpropulsion contains additional revelations, which, in the light of the audio recording point towards systemic failures at the highest level of the United Nations. jeffpearce.medium.com/the-un-literal…
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