Today at 6:13 a.m.
A curfew has been in place since 10 p.m. local time (8 p.m. in Paris) and running until 4 a.m. Wednesday morning to ensure security and avoid looting, while the inhabitants of this Indian Ocean territory lack everything.
Some 100 tonnes of food will be distributed on Wednesday in Grande-Terre, and 20 tonnes in the two communes of Petite-Terre, according to the authorities. Three barges will be “functional” on Wednesday to transport emergency personnel, food and water between the two islands, isolated from each other.
The situation remains very difficult in the archipelago, where housing but also public infrastructure were badly damaged by the passage of the cyclone. Tuesday evening, electricity was “being restored” according to the authorities, while the mobile telephone network still remained 80% unavailable.
