(AP Photo/Lewis Joly)An electrical pole is damaged in the town of La Plaine Saint-Paul on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)An electrical pole is damaged in the town of La Plaine Saint-Paul on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)An electrical pole is damaged in the town of La Plaine Saint-Paul on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Cyclones are common between January and March in the Indian Ocean near southern Africa as seas in the southern hemisphere reach their warmest temperatures. In 2019, Cyclone Idai ripped into Africa from the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 1,000 people dead in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and causing a humanitarian crisis.

Source: ABC News January 15, 2024 19:52 UTC