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Cyclone Gonu battered Oman’s coast Wednesday with fierce winds and torrential rains, forcing thousands from their homes and shutting oil installations before heading toward the world’s most important crude oil tanker route. The storm — a rarity in the region — was expected to make landfall on the southeastern Iranian coast late Thursday, according to the U.S. military. It was likely to spare Iran’s oil installations 120 miles to the west.
