Part of French Polynesia on cyclone pre-alert, Tahiti on red alert. Authorities have called on the population to prepare by stockpiling water and food and equipping themselves with a first aid kit.

Gusts of 90 to 110 km/h are expected and lows of four to five meters are feared at sea. The last passage of a cyclone in Polynesia dates back to 2010. Causing the death of a man, Oli mainly affected the Austral archipelago.