Mauritius called off a cyclone alert on Tuesday as moderate tropical storm Bindu moved away from the Indian Ocean island, Reuters said. The authorities had put Mauritius on “alert one” on Monday night, urging the population to take preliminary precautions like stocking up on food.
But Bindu then curved southwest and was centred about 360 km east-southeast of the island on Tuesday afternoon. the Mauritius Meteorological Services said the storm was now moving in a general southwesterly direction at 25 kph. “On this new trajectory Bindu will move away gradually and no longer constitute a threat to Mauritius,” the MMS said. The cyclone season for Mauritius extends from November to mid-May. January and February are the peak months of cyclone activity.
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