La Reunion island under highest 'purple alert' as Cyclone Garance approaches. Cyclone Garance, a category 3 cyclone with potential gusts of up to 200 kilometres per hour winds, was on Friday deemed a "direct threat" to the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Authorities put the island on its highest "purple alert" as the cyclone approached and ordered residents to stay indoors.
The Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and La Reunion were on high alert Thursday for an intense tropical storm, Cyclone Garance, labelled a "direct threat" to the tourist destinations.
Mauritius shut its main airport on Wednesday, while the nearby French island of La Reunion was set to do the same on Thursday.
Authorities in La Reunion put the island on its highest "purple alert" Friday as the cyclone approached its shores.
"Faced with a direct impact, with winds gusting to more than 200 km/h (around 125 miles per hour), the prefect will trigger the purple alert," authorities said in a press release published on X.
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