Mauritius on Monday grounded flights and shut its inventory alternate as Tropical Cyclone Freddy approached, posing a “direct menace” to the Indian Ocean island.

A Class III cyclone warning was in drive in Mauritius, permitting about six hours of daylight earlier than the incidence of wind gusts of 120 kilometres per hour.

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Mauritius, together with different Indian Ocean nations like Madagascar and African coastal nations like Mozambique, is repeatedly affected by extreme storms and cyclones able to destroying houses, infrastructure and crops.

Its climate service mentioned in a bulletin issued at 1010 native time (0610 GMT) that at its closest distance, Freddy could cross at about 120 km (75 miles) to the north-northwest of the island late within the afternoon, saying it represented a direct menace.

“As Freddy approaches Mauritius, (a) storm surge is prone to trigger coastal inundation in danger areas. It’s, due to this fact, strictly suggested to not go at sea,” the bulletin mentioned.