In Mayotte, 69.7% of households reconnected to electricity three weeks after the passage of Cyclone Chido

In the Cavani slum, southern district of the town of Mamoudzou, damaged by Cyclone Chido, in Mayotte, January 2, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP

Three weeks after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, electricity was restored to 69.7% of customers, while a little less than a third remained without power, according to a situation update, Saturday January 4 , from Electricité de Mayotte, the distribution manager.

In most villages and communes, 75% of customers are supplied with electricity, but in around twenty localities, the supply rate is less than 50% and in eight of them, less than 5% of customers are supplied with electricity. have power again, according to the map established by Electricité de Mayotte (EDM).

As of December 29, around half of customers (51.6%) had been restored to electricity in this archipelago which has around 70 municipalities and villages.

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Continuing operations to restore electricity

During his visit to the island at the end of December, Prime Minister François Bayrou called for electricity to be “restored in every home at the end of January”. On the ground, the electrician group EDF, 25% shareholder of the EDM concessionaire, is continuing its operations to restore access to electricity.

“Seventy-five employees of the EDF group continue operations in support of Electricité de Mayotte: 48 employees of Enedis, members of its Rapid Electricity Intervention Force (FIRE), 17 employees of EDF SEI, 10 employees of the Rapid Nuclear Action Force (FARN) (…). New reinforcements are expected, including 32 new members of FIRE this weekend, bringing to 80 the number of Enedis employees who will be mobilized on site”announced EDF in a press release on Saturday.

According to EDF, “200 tonnes of network equipment (cables, repair kits, tools, etc.), 60 vehicles (including 11 nacelles) and 220 generators (including 20 high power) were deployed by the group”. This material is “Sent daily from Reunion and Paris. A cargo plane carrying 100 tonnes of equipment was chartered by the EDF group this week”said the group.