A photo shows flooded roads after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

Members of the public stand beside a fallen tree on a road after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

A photo shows a flooded road after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

A photo shows damages and a wrecked boat at the seafront after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

A photo shows a flooded road after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

Members of the public stand on a road covered with fallen vegetation after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

A photo shows damages and boats in a marina after the passage of cyclone Belal in Saint-Paul, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on January 15, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people in La Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on January 15 as a devastating storm that has already left one dead ripped along its north coast. AFP

A tree fell on a wall in the town of La Plaine Saint-Paul on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Authorities urged residents on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to shelter indoors Sunday as a powerful storm bore down packing hurricane-force winds and Meteo France warned of winds that could top 250 kph (155 mph) Monday. In the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, local authorities said Monday that the highest alert level has been lifted but residents were still urged to remain sheltered indoors. AP