Guadeloupe is facing storm Fiona. The island, put on red alert for heavy rains and thunderstorms since Friday by Météo-France, was hit by violent rainfall for several hours. The sixth tropical system of the season on the Atlantic basin, Storm Fiona, which formed Thursday in the middle of the ocean, “crossed the archipelago of Guadeloupe in the evening, now it is in the Caribbean Sea and heads towards Montserrat “, a British island located 50km north of Guadeloupe, Météo-France said in its bulletin at 00:00 local time (06:00 in Paris).
The prefecture announced that one person had died “taken away with his home” in the waves. Shortly before, on Saturday morning, the Sdi of Guadeloupe had confirmed to TF1 and LCI that two people had disappeared due to rising water levels in the Basse-Terre district. The search was temporarily interrupted – it is dark in Guadeloupe – and will resume in the morning.
In addition, 81 firefighters were mobilized as part of the rescue operations, civilian security told TF1 / LCI. The teams have been pre-positioned in the sensitive sector of Les Abymes, the means of the armies are on “pre-alert” and 90 soldiers are present in Pointe-à-Pitre and Marie-Galante.
The tropical storm had cleared from Guadeloupe early Saturday afternoon (metro time) and was more than 100 miles from the island. A truce was expected in the next few hours. Bad weather did not hit Martinique, Saint-Barthélémy and Saint-Martin.
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