Cyclone Garanas kills three through Reunion Island

Three people have died in Reunion, Cyclone Garanak has India French Ocean territory 234 km / h (145 mph).

The tropical cyclone left more than 180,000 homes without power and without 170,000 years, after a soil on Friday morning.

The entire population of the remote island – including emergency services and police, ordered to be inside, as the maximum alert level was established.

Heavy storm storms were expected to continue on Friday evening with Prime Minister Francois Bayrou XN Warning That the cycle was a threat.

The “savage and violent” conditions were worse than Cyclone Bellal, In January 2024 he killed four people on the islandPatrice Latter said the prefect.

Garana took place in the north, at 10:00 (06:00 GMT), before going south and before leaving the island, Meteo France according to the weather agency.

Local authorities reduced alert level at noon to leave emergency services and police shelters.

The main speed of 234 km / h was not recorded on the island of Cyclone Holland in February 1994.

Vincent Clain, 45, the northern coastal resident of the island, told AFP news on the news agency: “This is the first time I saw a strong cyclone, and the first time I have been afraid.”

There are about 100 troops and firefighters to send outside the French territory of Mayott (930 km) outside, when conditions are relieved, as well as 100 from continental France.

Meanwhile, a 55-year-old man was missing around Mauritius after swimming after swimming on Wednesday.

France Bruno Retailleau, on Friday, said the Garana was “strange intensity”, the defense minister Sebastien Lecornu said that the armed forces was ready to support.