Météo-France announces wind gusts of “90-100 km/h”. A cyclone pre-alert was triggered Friday morning in Mayotte as tropical storm Dikeledi approaches, which is expected to pass on Sunday 140 km south of the archipelago, devastated by cyclone Chido less than a month ago. we learned from the prefecture.
The alert has been in effect since 9:00 a.m. local time (7:00 a.m. in Paris), this source said in a press release.
When this low pressure system passes near Mayotte, which could then have reached the stage of a “strong tropical storm”, Météo-France predicts, in addition to the strong gusts, “a risk of marine submersion on the coasts”. “Heavy intermittent precipitation” is expected from Saturday evening and until the night from Sunday to Monday, she warns.
Stock up on water and food
On December 14, Mayotte was devastated by Chido, accompanied by wind gusts exceeding 220 km/h. The passage of this intense tropical cyclone, the most devastating experienced by the small French archipelago in the Indian Ocean in 90 years, left at least 39 dead and more than 5,600 injured, destroying many precarious homes in the poorest department. from France.
Before the Dikeledi transit, the prefecture recommended residents to anticipate all drug treatments in the event of pathologies and to “prepare reserves of lighting”, “water, non-perishable food and an emergency kit”.
-People with renal or respiratory failure are also advised to contact their usual healthcare establishment “without delay”.
The prefect asked residents to cancel outdoor outings planned for this weekend, to secure objects and obstacles “likely to constitute dangers or projectiles” in the event of gusts of wind and to facilitate the evacuation of water.
Cyclones usually develop in the Indian Ocean from November to March, but this year surface waters are close to 30°C in the area, providing more energy for storms, a global warming phenomenon also observed this fall in the North Atlantic and the Pacific.
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