two deaths in Mayotte, “maximum” mobilization of security forces

two deaths in Mayotte, “maximum” mobilization of security forces
two deaths in Mayotte, “maximum” mobilization of security forces

Cyclone Chido, which hit Mayotte on Saturday December 14, caused at least two deaths on Petite-Terre according to AFP information. Bruno Retailleau asked the prefect for “maximum” mobilization of the security forces to provide assistance and prevent possible looting.

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Published on December 14, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.,
updated December 14, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

According to a security source cited by AFP, an initial report shows two deaths following the passage of intense tropical cyclone Chido on the island of Mayotte on Saturday December 14. Two deaths recorded on the island of Petite-Terre, while Mayotte is still on red alert this evening.

The information, not yet confirmed by the prefecture, comes while a crisis unit has been brought together by the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau at Place Beauvau in order to consider the nature of the aid to be provided to the 101st French department. , hit very hard by the meteor.

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According to our information, the Minister of the Interior spoke with the prefect of Mayotte by telephone and asked him for mobilization “maximum” law enforcement to come to the aid of the population and “prevent possible looting”. 1,600 police officers and gendarmes are deployed “with respect for their safety.”

In his only statement of the day, the prefect of Mayotte, who will speak this evening at a press conference, declared to fear “the worst in certain parts of Grande-Terre.” “Everything remains to be done”added François-Xavier Bieuville, while even the roof of the prefecture was torn off on Petite-Terre.

Listen to the speech of the prefect of Mayotte collected by Mayotte the 1st:

“We will have to provide assistance, maintain public order, and ensure that boats dock and planes land to bring everything Mayotte will need: food, water, doctors”he clarified.

According to the resigning Minister of Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runnacher, more than 15,000 homes would be deprived of electricity. Pamandzi Airport will remain closed until at least Monday.

“The situation is truly catastrophic (…) half of the buildings are in slums or precarious housing, so the damage is colossal” described in Réunion the 1st Madi Madi Souf, president of the association of mayors of Mayotte.

“It looks like there was an earthquake like in Haiti. Everything is razed: the shanty towns, the permanent houses, those with tin roofs, everything is gone, even in the accommodation centers, the educational establishments…I lived in Kamisy in 1984, it was not even a third of what happened today”he stressed.

In a message on X, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron declared following “up close the situation”assuring the Mahorais that “The whole country is on your side.”


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