<ul> <li>Tropical Cyclone BERGUITTA continued moving south-west over the Indian Ocean. On 17 January at 0.00 UTC its centre was located 360 km north-east of Mauritius island and it had maximum sustained winds speed of 148 km/h.&nbsp;</li> <li>Over the next 24 hours it is forecast to keep motion toward the south-west, slightly weakening, and it might pass over or near Mauritius on 18 January early morning UTC and La Reunion on 18 January afternoon UTC with maximum sustained winds of approximately 140 km/h (equivalent to a Category 1 in the Saffir-Simpson Scale). Heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge may affect the islands of Rodrigues, Mauritius and La Reunion between 17-20 January.&nbsp;</li> <li>Mauritius Meteorological Services has issued, as of 17 January, a high waves warning for Rodrigues island. They also issued, as of the same date, a Cyclone Warning class III for Mauritius island. Meteo France has also issued, as of 17 January, an orange alert for Cyclone for La Reunion.</li> <li>United Nations reported, as of 16 January, that 40 people were evacuated in Rodrigues island.</li> </ul> ERCC_Map_2370 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:49:00 +01:00 JRC GHSL, Meteofrance, Metservice, NASA/GPM, NOAA/HWRF, DG ECHO, GDACS TC ERC MUS http://www.gdacs.org/contentdata/maps/daily/TC/1000432/ECDM_20180117_Mauritius_Reunion_TC-BERGUITTA.png ECDM_20180117_Mauritius_Reunion_TC-BERGUITTA.pdf http://www.gdacs.org/contentdata/maps/daily/TC/1000432/ECDM_20180117_Mauritius_Reunion_TC-BERGUITTA.pdf MUS|REU 56.5127,-10.3193,63.5002,-20.5257 56.5127,-10.3193,63.5002,-20.5257 Daily Map 1000432 Public <ul> <li>A new Tropical Cyclone named&nbsp; BERGUITTA&nbsp; formed over the Indian Ocean and started moving south-west, strengthening. On 15 January at 0.00 UTC its centre was located 200 km north of Rodrigues island (Mauritius) and it had maximum sustained winds speed of 120 km/h.</li> <li>Over the next 24 hours it is forecast to continue moving south-west toward Mauritius island strengthening and it might pass over or north of Mauritius on 17 January afternoon/evening UTC with maximum sustained winds of approximately 180 km/h (equivalent to a Category 3 in the Saffir-Simpson Scale). Heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge may affect the islands of Rodrigues and Maurice between 15-19 January, and La Reunion between 18 - 19 January.</li> <li>Mauritius Meteorological Services has issued, as of 14 January, a Tropical Cyclone Warning III for Rodrigues island.</li> </ul> ERCC_Map_2365 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 06:39:00 +01:00 GDACS, NOAA/HWRF, JTWC, Mauritius MET Service TC ERC MUS http://www.gdacs.org/contentdata/maps/daily/TC/1000432/ECDM_20180115_Mauritius_Reunion_TC-BERGUITTA.png ECDM_20180115_Mauritius_Reunion_TC-BERGUITTA.pdf http://www.gdacs.org/contentdata/maps/daily/TC/1000432/ECDM_20180115_Mauritius_Reunion_TC-BERGUITTA.pdf MUS|REU 56.5127,-10.3193,63.5002,-20.5257 56.5127,-10.3193,63.5002,-20.5257 Daily Map 1000432 Public