Historic Cyclone Chapala ravages coastal Yemen with catastrophic flash flooding

Cyclone Chapala made landfall in Yemen early Tuesday, becoming the first hurricane-strength storm on record to do so...Tropical cyclones are not uncommon in the Arabian Sea — on average a few weak to moderately strong storms spin up each year. However, cyclone landfalls in this region are rare. Cyclone Chapala is the first known hurricane-strength storm to make landfall in Yemen since modern records began there in the 1940s, and just the third hurricane on record to make landfall across the entire Arabian Peninsula.