After the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, cargo for the benefit of the population of Mayotte left yesterday from air base 125 in Istres.
Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday morning in Mayotte, five days after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, to see the extent of the disaster and provide support to the Mahorais, noted an AFP journalist. The presidential Airbus landed at 10:10 a.m. local time (8:10 a.m. Paris time) with around twenty doctors, nurses and civil security personnel on board as well as four tonnes of food and health freight.
70 tonnes of freight left from the Istres BA
The Istres Air Base tells us for its part that it is “involved in sending freight for the benefit of the population of Mayotte after the passage of Cyclone Chido. 70 tonnes of freight left the platform on Wednesday evening. Relief and rescue equipment – including a field hospital – transported by the SDIS du Gard and the Securité Civile de Brignole, were loaded on board an Antonov AN124 specially chartered for the needs. Other assets or reinforcements could still be deployed from Air Base 125 in the coming days.”
Support from the city of Martigues
“It is with deep emotion and great concern that we are following the situation in Mayotte after the devastating passage of the cyclone which struck the island. It is a humanitarian disaster of an unprecedented scale in this French department. The results human situation is dramatic with numerous victims and the Mahorese population finds itself in an untenable humanitarian situation: thousands of people are deprived of shelter, of access to drinking water, electricity, healthcare, while infrastructure, already precarious, are seriously damaged”, declared the mayor of Martigues.
Gaby Charroux adds: “As Mayor of Martigues and faithful to the values of solidarity and humanism, I would like to express all my support to the bereaved families, to those who are waiting and hoping for news of the missing, and also to all of the Mahorais who are undergoing this terrible ordeal. This tragedy is a cruel reminder of the fragility of this territory, neglected for too long by the State in terms of investment and public services.
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