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Tropical Cyclones In Yemen
The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula between the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. There are 64 known tropical cyclones that affected the peninsula, primarily Yemen and Oman. For convenience, storms are included that affected the Yemeni island of Socotra. Most of the tropical cyclones originated in the Arabian Sea, the portion of the Indian Ocean north of the equator and west of India. The remainder formed in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast. Collectively, the 64 storms have caused at least United States dollar, US$8.3 billion in damage and 1,693 deaths. The strongest and most damaging cyclone was Cyclone Gonu, which caused United states dollar, US$4 billion in damage and 50 fatalities when it struck Oman in 2007. Tropical cyclone damage in the Arabian Peninsula is chiefly due to flooding. Climatology Within the Indian Ocean north of the equator, tropical cyclones are tracked by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gonu (고누) or kono refers to a group of Korean traditional boardgames which are played by two players on diagrams, each taking turns to move their pieces, with the general objective to block or capture the other player's pieces. Although Gonu games are played in a manner similar to asymmetric hunt games like Fox games, Fox, Leopard hunt game, Leopard, and Tiger game, Tiger, each Gonu player starts with an equal number of pieces instead. When playing kono, a person who has a lower number starts, like janggi. The usual way of playing is to surround and detach the opponent's pieces. It is mainly used for children's educational purposes. Examples File:Five-field Kono board.svg, Five-field kono(오밭고누) File:Four-field Kono board.svg, Four-field kono(네밭고누) File:Twelve Men's Morris board.svg, Morabaraba, Gonjilgonu(참고누) File:Well Kono board.svg, Pong Hau K'i, Umul gonu(우물고누) References Abstract strategy games Asian games Korean games Traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
