Thursday evening, Prime Minister François Bayrou hoped that the reconstruction of Mayotte could be done in a “short” time frame, “perhaps two years”, a task which will be “superhuman”.
Emmanuel Macron, who is in the archipelago, went to meet the inhabitants.
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Mayotte hit by powerful cyclone Chido
During a press point in Mayotte this Thursday, December 19, President Emmanuel Macron said that the authorities were trying to “rehouse as quickly as possible (…) our compatriots who can be” and to put in place “natural disaster devices” in order to “faced with emergency situations of populations living in schools”. The objective being to “release these to prepare for the start of the school year on January 13”. Questioned by desperate Mahorais, Emmanuel Macron also promised Thursday to “rebuild” Mayotte thanks to a “special law”but also “strengthen the fight against illegal immigration”.
The head of state was also sharply attacked and booed in the evening, at the end of his first day in Mayotte, by exasperated residents to whom he responded: “I’m not the cyclone”. The crowd of several hundred people awaited him after dark at a roundabout in Pamandzi, on the island of Petite-Terre opposite Mamoudzou, the capital of the French archipelago.
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The President of the Republic arrived early yesterday morning in the Mayotte archipelago, destroyed by Cyclone Chido. During this first day, Emmanuel Macron announced several measures, including the deployment of security forces and compensation for people who are not insured.
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According to the ministry, around 40% of the buildings of some 250 educational establishments in the archipelago are damaged to the point of no longer being usable for the moment, and 27 are requisitioned for emergency accommodation.
According to provisional figures, 31 deaths and some 2,100 injuries were officially recorded in Mayotte five days after the passage of the cyclone, but the authorities fear a much heavier toll, while 70% of the inhabitants were seriously affected, according to the Ministry of Health. the Interior.
