War-weary citizens in Yemen are facing a danger of a different kind: one of the strongest storms the region has ever experienced.
Tropical Cyclone Chapala is barreling toward Yemen's coast, bringing the threat of fierce winds and potentially several times the amount of rain that the impoverished country usually gets in an entire year.
The storm -- the second strongest ever recorded in the Arabian Sea -- is expected to make landfall on Yemen's central coast Tuesday.
Chapala was already dumping light to medium rain in Al Mukalla, where wave heights swelled between 1-4 meters (3-13 feet). The storm was some 117 kilometers (72 miles) south of the port city early Tuesday local time.