The toll worsens to 35 deaths. The interministerial crisis unit now reports 35 deaths after the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte. The previous report reported 31 deaths. “The number of deaths does not correspond to the reality of the 100,000 people who live in precarious housing,” underlines the CIC.
Emmanuel Macron has left Mayotte. After around thirty hours spent on the archipelago, Emmanuel Macron left Mayotte. Just before his departure, the head of state chaired a crisis unit by videoconference with his ministers in Paris, including the head of government François Bayrou. The State “will not be able to reopen all schools on January 13,” Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday in an interview with several local media.
The European Commission is providing emergency aid. The European Commission is providing emergency aid. The European Union will provide emergency accommodation, hygiene kits and medical tents to victims of Cyclone Chido. “We will do everything in our power to support Mayotte,” declared Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner in charge of crisis management, quoted in a press release.
Water will be connected this evening to almost the entire territory. Water will be connected this Friday evening to almost the entire territory “if there are no obstacles”, indicates the situation update from the interministerial crisis unit.
Macron reacts to the controversy after his comments on Mayotte. Emmanuel Macron claimed this Friday to have responded to “people” from the National Rally who “insulted France” by telling Mayotte that the archipelago would be “10,000 times more in trouble” after the passage of Cyclone Chido if it does not was not French.
A gendarme sent as reinforcement succumbs to illness. Captain Florian Monnier, assigned to the Issy-les-Moulineaux gendarmerie (Hauts-de-Seine), sent as reinforcements to Mayotte since Wednesday, died of illness at Mamoudzou hospital this Friday, announced the Minister of 'Interior Bruno Retailleau in a press release.
