The islands of Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean are bracing for Cyclone Chido as it makes its way toward Africa’s east coast. The small archipelago of Comoros ordered schools to close as authorities expect Chido to hit the islands early Saturday. The cyclone was due to pass the northern tip of Madagascar before then.
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Mozambique on the African mainland also issued a red alert for the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula and said that more than 2 million people could be affected when Chido makes landfall on the continent, which is expected early Sunday. The Mozambique National Meteorological Institute said that it was forecasting winds of 200 kph .
In Madagascar, alerts were sent to cellphones and broadcast on radio from Thursday warning people to take precautions, while some evacuations were taking place in the northern region of Diana, where the cyclone’s impact is expected to be worst. Authorities issued an imminent danger warning for people in that area and said that nearly 20,000 people could be affected.
The French government is sending about 110 people to Mayotte to help with eventual damage, including emergency workers from the mainland and firefighters from nearby Reunion, and three tons of emergency equipment, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry in Paris.
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