Guadeloupe to declare red alert as Hurricane Tammy nears

The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe will be placed under a cyclone red alert at midnight local time as Hurricane Tammy looms, the prefecture announced Friday. The hurricane is forecast to "pass close to or over the Guadeloupe archipelago during the day on Saturday". Heavy rainfall and strong winds reaching 120 kilometres per hour (75 miles per hour) with gusts of up to 148 kph, are expected on the island, according to the French weather forecaster Meteo-France.