 A tropical cyclone hit the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean on Monday, bringing intense rain and powerful wind and leaving about a quarter of households without electricity in tens of thousands of homes suffering water cuts. Nearby Mauritius was also on alert as authorities there said they also expected to feel the effects of tropical cyclone bellowl as it made its way through the southwestern Indian Ocean to I-N Réunion, local authorities said that the highest alert level, or purple. Alert, that was announced Sunday had now been lifted but residents were still urged to remain sheltered indoors as heavy rains and winds of up to 170 km per hour were expected to continue blowing on the island.Belowl's intensity appeared to be slightly decreasing, the prefecture of Réunion said in a statement. Some eight-meter-high waves have been recorded, the prefecture said, many people had lost internet and phone services, the prefecture reported. It said a homeless person who was not in a shelter has been found dead in St. Gillis, on the island's west coast. The exact circumstances of the death were unclear.