A new provisional toll of 31 deaths. In a situation update, the Ministry of the Interior now mentions “a death toll of 31 in hospital” after Cyclone Chido, compared to 22 previously. “Due to the situation, the human toll remains very difficult to establish and consolidate. To date, we regret the death of 31 people in hospital. 45 absolutely urgently injured were treated as well as 1,373 relatively urgently injured,” we can read.
State of emergency called for in Mayotte. The president of the departmental council of Mayotte sent a letter to Prime Minister François Bayrou, in which he requested “the triggering of a state of emergency to deal with the ongoing crises”, report France Info and BFMTV.
“The prefect will have authority over all state services,” announces Retailleau. “For the first time, I asked the prefect to use article 27 of the law which concentrates all powers of the State in the hands of the prefect,” declared the resigning Minister of the Interior on BFM-TV. ” He will have authority over all state services” on the island of Mayotte, he said.
A CMA-CGM ship requisitioned for “a large-scale transit”. A ship from the CMA-CGM company was requisitioned by the State to carry out “a large-scale transit” to Mayotte, according to Patrice Latron, the prefect of Reunion Island. The boat was due to leave Réunion during the day with 158 containers carrying water, construction equipment, foodstuffs and even medical supplies.
Chido left at least 45 dead and more than 500 injured in Mozambique. After devastating the French archipelago of Mayotte on Saturdaythe cyclone Chido hit the African continent on Sunday in northern Mozambique, in the province of Cabo Delgado. The National Institute for Risk and Disaster Management of this southern African country counts at least 45 deaths.
A minute of silence observed in the Senate. The senators observed a minute of silence in honor of the victims of cyclone Chido in Mayotte, shortly before to examine the special bill aimed at making up for the lack of State and Social Security budgets.*
Macron will come with “four tons” of aid and rescue workers. Emmanuel Macron will transport “four tonnes of food and health freight as well as members of relief forces who will remain on site” to Mayotte on Thursday in its plane, the Élysée announced. “Upon his arrival, the President of the Republic will carry out an aerial reconnaissance of the affected territory, before going to a hospital where he will take stock of the situation with all the actors involved. At the end, he will speak with the nursing staff and the patients in care. Finally, he will go to a destroyed neighborhood, in contact with the emergency services, before discussing the situation on the island with elected officials,” detailed those around him about this visit.
Hundreds of tons of water and food distributed. Pmore than 100 tons of water and food were distributed this Wednesday, according to the resigning Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau. “We are moving on to the massive phase of support for Mayotte,” declared Patrice Latron, the prefect of Reunion, the island from where the authorities launched a “civil maritime bridge” on Wednesday which will start overnight with the departure of some 200 containers expected on Sunday on the battered archipelago.
