
La Reunion residents ordered indoors as ‘purple alert’ cyclone nears
Saint-Denis De La Reunion (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 Residents of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion were ordered Friday to stay indoors as a cyclone bore down that authorities said could bring gusts of 200 kilometres per hour (125 mph) and sea swells more than eight metres (26 feet) high. Authorities said a…