Muscat: Tropical storm Hikaa has now been upgraded to a first degree hurricane, the Public Authority of Civil Aviation has announced.
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In a statement online, PACA said: "The tropical storm Hikaa has deepened into a first-degree hurricane and the wind rotating speeds around the center of the storm range between 65 and 70 knots."
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