MAMOUDZOU, FRANCE:
A tropical storm still posed a threat to the French territory of Mayotte, officials said Sunday, although it was moving away after bringing torrential rain and flooding, and killing three people in Madagascar.
The storm came as France’s poorest territory, where many people live in slums, was rocked by a deadly cyclone that devastated Mayotte in mid-December.
“Mayotte faced an intense tropical storm. The impact was violent,” said Manuel Valls, French Overseas Minister. But there were no victims on the French island, according to the prefect of the territory François-Xavier Bieuville.
On Saturday evening, Dikeledi hit the northern coast of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar as a cyclone before transforming into a severe tropical storm.
The storm is now heading towards Mozambique, where Cyclone Chido killed at least 120 people in December.
“It is now moving away from the island,” indicates Météo-France.
