DIRECT. Emmanuel Macron has just arrived in Mayotte, 5 days after the passage of Cyclone Chido

Emmanuel Macron addresses the Mahorais in Shimaoré “Mahorais, we will get back together”

“Mr. President, don’t leave too quickly. Mayotte is demolished. We are without water, we are without electricity, without food, there is nowhere to go because everything is demolished. We are not even safe with our children”

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This December 16, a minute of silence was observed at European Parliament in homage to Mayottein support of the island after the devastating passage du cyclone Desire. This initiative demonstrated the solidarity of the European Union towards the victims and the inhabitants of the archipelago hard hit by this disaster.

This is a first in France: François-Noël Buffet, resigning Minister of Overseas, announces the activation of the state of exceptional natural calamity in Mayotte. This system, never used until now, aims to enable “more rapid and effective management of the crisis” and to “facilitate the implementation of emergency measures”. “Faced with an exceptional situation, it is necessary to deploy exceptional means to quickly restore essential services and put in place a sustainable reconstruction plan for Mayotte,” underlined the minister, currently on mission to Reunion after his visit to Mayotte. last Monday.

For now, the recovery time of the electricity network in Mayotte unfortunately remains difficult to determine, four days after the passage of the Cyclone Desire. This was explained by Raphaël Ruat, the general director of Electricité de Mayotte (EDM). “This is a question to which I will unfortunately not provide a concrete answer this evening,” he replied in the Mayotte television news this Wednesday, December 18. “It takes time and organization.”

A CMA-CGM container ship requisitioned for a “first large-scale transit” to Mayotte sets sail from Reunion. On board, 158 containers of supplies and various equipment to help the populations affected by Cyclone Chido.