Live footage of Cyclone Freddy hitting Mauritius and heading for Madagascar!
Cyclone Freddy, first spotted and named by a monitoring center in Melbourne on February 6, has since crossed the entire southern Indian Ocean.
On February 20, an intense tropical weather system approached Mauritius, bringing heavy rain and winds with it.
A Class 3 cyclone warning has been issued.
Many businesses and the archipelago's international airport were forced to close.
As of 22:00 local time, the Mauritius meteorological service reported that the cyclone passes about 100 kilometers from the Mauritius islands, and then Réunion.
The islands were spared Freddy's worst hits as the storm remained north of the islands, delivering a glancing blow rather than a direct hit.
The Reunion Island Regional Weather Observatory reported that Freddy is currently speeding across the ocean with an average wind speed of 205 km/h.
Freddy is predicted to remain a formidable cyclone when it reaches Madagascar.
According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, there is a fear that about 2 million people will be affected by storm surge and flooding.
