“It’s an event that worries us,” recognizes the mayor of Mamoudzou

A cyclone pre-alert was triggered on Friday in Mayotte as tropical storm Dikeledi approaches, which is expected to pass on Sunday near the small archipelago devastated in mid-December by Cyclone Chido, where residents are building up reserves in anticipation of further disturbances.

“Obviously it’s an event that worries us”recognizes Friday January 10 on franceinfo Ambdilwahedou Soumaïla, mayor of Mamoudzou, while Mayotte was placed on pre-alert before the passage of the new tropical storm Dikeledi.

It is all the more worrying since Mayotte was ravaged by Cyclone Chido“many no longer have a roof over their house, without having had access to tarpaulins to cover their homes”and then there is “people who very quickly returned to the slums”adds the mayor of the capital of Mayotte. We have “mobilized the municipal teams, the technical service agents who will have to intervene as soon as the alert is lifted”.

“As soon as the prefect put us on pre-alert, I summoned the crisis unit, to be able to help people”explains Ambdilwahedou Soumaïla. “We have decided to reopen the 12 emergency accommodation centers throughout the town of Mamoudzou. Agents will be mobilized so that we can welcome families in the best conditions”in the event of damage caused by this new storm.

“Whatever happened, we have to save lives and so we will reopen schools regardless”some of which were vandalized and looted.

Mayotte “beyond, Cyclone Chido, has experienced constant crises with cholera, water shortages. This is why we wanted to attract the attention of the nation so that the public authorities take all their responsibilities vis-à-vis this territory which has never ceased to be resilient but given what falls on us, resilience has its limits and we want Mayotte to be able to open a new page in its history”says the mayor of Mamoudzou