Cyclone Dikeledi moves away from Mayotte, leaves three dead in Madagascar

(FILES) This aerial view shows destroyed shelters and houses in the town of Vahibe, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 24, 2024, a week after the cyclone Chido's passage over the archipelago. Mayotte was placed on orange cyclone alert on 10 January, 2025 ahead of the passage of Dikeledi around this archipelago in the Indian Ocean, the prefecture of Mayotte announced. AFP - PATRICK MEINHARDT

Cyclone Dikeledi was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday but the archipelago will remain under red alert until Monday evening. The storm however caused flash floods in the neighbouring Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, where at least three people were killed.

Dikeledi hit the northern coast of Madagascar as a cyclone on Saturday evening before weakening into a severe tropical storm.