Cyclone Shaheen injures 52 as it hits Iran

Cyclone Shaheen hit south-eastern Iran’s Chabahar port in the impoverished Sistan and Baluchestan province overnight.
Schools in the main cities of Chabahar, Konarak and Dashtiari were closed before the storm hit.
Cyclone Shaheen was formed from the remnants of Cyclone Gulab, which hit on September 26. the local authorities expected it would move west-northwest, skirting the Makran coastal region during the next 24 hours.
After Gulab, the region’s fishermen were warned against going to sea until told otherwise. Officials also ordered residents living in high-risk areas to leave their homes.
Cyclone Shaheen made landfall close to the port of Pasabander Dashtiari, where it sank two fishing boats. The high winds also damaged electricity poles, leaving about 20 villages without power.
Fifty-two people in Sistan and Baluchestan were referred to medical centres.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society had mobilised its teams to the cities of Chabahar, Dashtiari, Konarak, Qasr-e Qand, Nikshahr, Sarbaz, Fanuj and Pelan.
Nearly 580 people have already left villages in the region, which are at high risk from tropical storms, a representative of the Sistan and Baluchestan Red Crescent told local news outlets.