DIRECT. Cyclone Chido in Mayotte: “What I fear is that the toll will be far too heavy”, declares Bruno Retailleau

Wednesday 18th December 2024 02:57 AM

08h44.

Bruno Retailleau fears that the “toll is far too heavy”

“What I fear is that the toll will be far too heavy,” declared the resigning Minister of the Interior on BFMTV. “I won’t give any figures because I don’t know,” he adds, referring to a landscape of “desolation”.

08h22.

A Toulouse resident recounts the fear of looting after the cyclone in Mayotte

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08h20.

120 tonnes of food to be distributed on Wednesday

Some 120 tonnes of food are to be distributed on Wednesday on the two Mahoran islands, according to the authorities. On the archipelago, the first medical desert in France, the only hospital, badly damaged, has regained “some 50%” of its activity, indicated François Bayrou during the question session with the government on Tuesday, and will be supported by a hospital campaign starting Thursday.

08h19.

“70% of residents were seriously affected”

“70% of the inhabitants have been seriously affected”, underlined Bruno Retailleau, resigning Minister of the Interior, announcing the arrival “in the coming days” of 400 additional gendarmes to lend a hand to the 1,600 gendarmes and police present on the site. archipelago.

08h17.

A provisional toll of 22 dead and 1,373 injured

The situation remains very difficult in the archipelago, where according to a still very provisional assessment the passage of Cyclone Chido left 22 dead and 1,373 injured, according to figures communicated by the Ministry of the Interior.

08h16.

Emmanuel Macron expected on site this Thursday

Mayotte was just emerging Wednesday morning from a first night under curfew, put in place to ensure security and avoid looting after the deadly passage of Cyclone Chido in the archipelago, where Emmanuel Macron is expected on Thursday. State, which had announced on Monday that it would go there in the coming days, “will be in Mayotte on Thursday”, announced the Elysée on Tuesday evening.