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Cyclone Chapala Ravages Yemeni Coast, Residents Unlikely to See Meaningful Help

Dennis Mersereau · 11/03/15 04:16PM

Cyclone Chapala made a historic landfall along the coast of Yemen early on Tuesday, becoming the first hurricane-strength storm to make landfall there since reliable records began. The cyclone came ashore near Al Mukalla, an Al Qaeda-controlled city that’s home to more than 100,000 people.