The prefecture said the Red Hurricane Warning was lifted Monday at Réunion, which was brushed off by Cyclone Amnati without major damage due to “less than expected” weather conditions.

“Intense Tropical Cyclone Amnati is moving away from Réunion” and “the prefect has therefore decided to raise the red alert of the specific ORSEC* cyclone system, according to the prefecture. And even if the weather conditions “remain bad”. is”, the population is “allowed to go out”.

The system is now moving away from Reunion but is releasing strong winds and strong winds in its wake.

Gusts reaching up to 163 km/h have been recorded at the western elevation of the island. Sometimes waves up to 10 meters high hit the north and east coast. Intermittent rain is likely during the day as well.

According to Météo France, weather conditions should start improving towards the end of the day on Monday.

As of Monday morning, 28,000 homes were affected by water cuts and 7,000 were without electricity.

Meteo France estimates that the decline in weather conditions is less significant than that observed for Batsirai.

In early February, the passage of this intense cyclone near the island caused heavy damage, estimated at 47 million euros for farms alone.

Twenty municipalities in Réunion have been classified as a state of natural disaster and a Mauritius ship capsized, triggering marine pollution. To stop this, the operation had to be stopped on the arrival of Imnati.