A view of the yachting port Mamoudzou on Grande-Terre, the main island of the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte. Mayotte will be placed on red alert starting from Monday (Dec 9)expected to face the passage of cyclone Belna three hours later, announced the prefecture of the French island in the Indian Ocean. - AFP
Mamoudzou: The small Indian Ocean island of Mayotte announced a red alert as cyclone Belna closed in on Sunday (Dec 8), threatening the French department of quarter of a million people.
The storm was expected to make landfall around 7pm local time (1600 GMT), and island authorities warned inhabitants in a statement to stay indoors and "not come out in any circumstances".
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