Reunion island is located about 930 miles to the southeast ... and 133 mph in the island’s main airport in the north, ...

Reunion has a tropical climate and diverse landscape ... the Mascarenes after the explorer Pedro de Mascarenhas. 1642 - Island officially claimed by Jacques Pronis of France in 1642, when he ...

It exited the southwest of the island several hours later, French weather office Meteo-France ... shut its main airport on Wednesday, while La Reunion shut down flights on Thursday.

PARIS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The French island of La Reunion was placed under cyclone ... "Do not go out on whatever pretext, even if the weather is calm. This is probably the eye of the cyclone ...

The peak intensity of the cyclone was expected late in the day or into the night, French weather service Meteo-France said. The "expected scenario is a direct impact on Reunion Island," said ...