In Guadeloupe, the hazard of Hurricane Tammy is “mitigated” | EUROtoday
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HASfter having been positioned for practically 5.5 hours on cyclone alert, the very best stage, Guadeloupe was downgraded to grey alert by Xaveir Lefort, the regional prefect. The confinement was, the truth is, lifted this Saturday, October 21, shortly earlier than 3 p.m. (9 p.m. in Paris), introduced the prefect of Guadeloupe. These choices have been taken “in view of the trajectory of Hurricane Tammy which is leading it to move away” from this French division of the Antilles.
This permits “a resumption of traffic as well as economic activities”, signifies a press launch from the prefecture, including that “nevertheless, the conditions for returning to normal life must be done gradually”.
The phenomenon will not be over
“If the danger is reduced, the phenomenon is not completely over,” state companies nonetheless estimate. The prefect due to this fact determined to position the archipelago on orange alert for heavy rain and storms in addition to for waves-submersion, and on yellow for violent winds.
A class 1 hurricane, Tammy handed east of the island of Désirade, itself situated to the east of Grande-Terre within the Guadeloupe archipelago. Around 1 p.m. (7 p.m. in Paris), the small island-commune of some 1,400 inhabitants was disadvantaged of electrical energy “on 80%” of its territory, declared its mayor Loïc Tonton in a message despatched to AFP, evoking “strong wind gusts”.
The meteorological phenomenon will not be over. In a forecast bulletin issued at 2:45 p.m. (8:45 p.m. in Paris), Météo-France signifies that “showers” regularly affecting your entire archipelago “can be strong and lasting and are accompanied by thunderstorms”.
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