STORM FORCES MAURITIUS TO GROUND ALL FLIGHTS, SHUT SCHOOLS. (PHOTO)
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Storm forces Mauritius to ground all flights, shut schools
Tropical Storm Eleanor bears in from the Indian ocean and is expected to reach over 120 km per hour when it hits the island.
Mauritius grounded flights and shut schools as a tropical storm approached the Indian Ocean island on Thursday, the meteorological services said.
Storm Eleanor was about 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the nation at 4:00 am (0000 GMT) and was moving at a speed of 20 kilometres an hour, the weather service said.
"The wind will initially blow from the south-east at a speed of around of around 40 km/h reaching 110 km/h by midday, strengthening to over 120 km/h," it said in a bulletin.
The country's main international airport operator said the facility would close, with national carrier Air Mauritius cancelling flights scheduled for departure on Thursday morning.
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