Authorities said a maximum "purple alert" was in effect from 9:00 am (0500 GMT) confining the entire population -- including ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A Purple Alert has been issued for a missing Tallahassee man. John Oldach, 54, has been missing since Saturday, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Authorities in La Reunion put the island on its highest "purple alert" Friday as the cyclone approached its shores. "Faced with a direct impact, with winds gusting to more than 200 km/h (around ...

Authorities said a maximum "purple alert" was in effect from 9:00 am (0500 GMT) confining the entire population -- including law enforcement and emergency services -- to homes and offices.

Residents of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion were ordered Friday to stay indoors as a cyclone bore down that authorities said could bring gusts of 200 kilometres per hour (125 mph ...