VIDEO. Cyclone Belal in Reunion: discover the impressive images of the violent tropical storm which hit the island

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VIDEO. Cyclone Belal in Reunion: discover the impressive images of the violent tropical storm which hit the island

The passage of Cyclone Belal is already causing damage in Reunion this Monday, January 15, 2024 morning. The Justice – screenshot

Reunion Island will go back from the purple cyclone alert, the highest level, to the red alert from 1 p.m. this Monday, January 15, 2024. The population must remain confined but emergency services will be able to intervene. A person was found dead on the west coast of the island. 

The passage of cyclone Belal is already causing damage this Monday, January 15, 2024 morning, with 38,000 homes without electricity and 55,000 people without water, underlines the prefect of Reunion on RMC, in the show Apolline matin. The island entered "the hardest part of the cyclone, in accordance with forecasts", he says.

Reunion Island will switch back from "purple alert to cyclonic red alert" from 1 p.m. local time, depending on the prefecture. The population will have to remain confined but emergency vehicles will be able to go out again according to Le Parisien.

On the social network X, Internet users post images and comments on the cyclone they are experiencing.

The prefect of Reunion deplored the death of a homeless person in the town of Saint-Gilles, on the west coast of Reunion Island, according to BFM. 

" The cyclone changed its trajectory. He must leave Reunion at the end of the afternoon, according to Météo-France, cited by Le Parisien. "We no longer expect gusts at 200 km except in the Piton Sainte-Rose sector", indicated the interregional management of the station for the Indian Ocean.< /p>

 Still very degraded conditions are expected until mid-afternoon, according to Météo-France , cited by Le Parisien.

"Exceptional danger"

The purple alert is synonymous with "exceptional danger" according to Météo-France. It was triggered at 6 a.m. this Monday, January 15, 2024, i.e. 3 a.m. Paris time. During this purple alert phase, the population must confine themselves and is informed that there is no longer any possibility of immediate relief, recalls the prefecture in a press release .

Meteorologists from Météo-France announce devastating winds (around 200 km/h on the lows, 250 km/h on the highs inhabited and more than 250 km/h on the highest peaks), a large cyclonic swell (average waves around 8 meters, the highest close to 12-15 meters) and very significant accumulations of rain are expected on this day of Monday.

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