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Authorities said a maximum "purple alert" was in effect from 9:00 am (0500 GMT) confining the entire population -- including law enforcement and emergency services -- to homes and offices.

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Authorities in the French overseas territory of Reunion on Friday morning issued a "purple alert", the highest level of threat warning, as a cyclone with gusts exceeding 200 kph ...

Mauritius has reopened its international airport as the threat from Cyclone Garance eased, airport authorities said on Friday, two days after closing it.

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 ...