All emergency services, including the Mauritius Police Force and the Mauritius Fire and Rescue Service, are on high alert after a cyclone warning Class 1 came into force in Mauritius at 16 00 hrs on Monday 15 January 2018 as Berguitta has intensified into a tropical cyclone.
The Minister of Social Security, National Solidarity, and Environment and Sustainable Development, Mr Etienne Sinatambou, made this statement yesterday during a press conference, in the presence of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Karl Mario Nobin, and the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Mr Ashok Kehlary, following a meeting of the National Crisis Committee at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre (NDRRMC) in Port Louis.
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