Before that, the only other hurricane known to hit the island directly was Cyclone Beryl in 1961. However, dozens of tropical storms have tracked near and affected Reunion Island over the years.

Cyclone Garance will move south off the coast of Madagascar, affecting Reunion Island in the days ahead. Tropical Cyclone Garance was forecast to track near Reunion Island as a hurricane ...

Tropical Cyclone Garance is forecast to track near Reunion, a French island in the southern Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind ...