The government had evacuated some of Mayotte's quarter-of-a-million inhabitants and told locals to stock up on water. But the storm ultimately veered south, sparing the island of the worst damage.
The French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte was bracing for a major cyclone on Sunday, as authorities urged inhabitants to stock up on water. Cyclone Belna was expected to make landfall at about 7 p.m. local time (4 p.m. GMT).
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