Saint-Denis de la Reunion, Feb 28, 2025 (AFP) - Three dead as cyclone Garance batters French island

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2025-02-28

Cyclone Garance barrelled across La Reunion island on Friday killing three people as fierce winds left destruction across the French Indian Ocean territory, authorities said. Winds of up to 230 kilometres (143 miles) per hour battered the territory of 900,000 people and the storm earlier forced the closure of the main airport on nearby Mauritius. "Three victims," the prefect of La Reunion said on X. One woman in her 50s was swept away in torrent......

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