This December 13, 2024, Mayotte is placed on hurricane red alert. Severe bad weather will hit the archipelago from 10 p.m.
From 10 p.m. this evening (local time), Mayotte will be in hurricane red alert announced the prefect of the archipelago early in the afternoon.
Red alert
The Mayotte archipelago will be placed on red cyclone alert on Friday at 10 p.m. (8 p.m. in Paris) due to the passage of Cyclone Chido, announced the prefect of this French department in the Indian Ocean.
“This is an unprecedented event, extremely violent, the winds could exceed 180 km/h”, explained François-Xavier Bieuville during a press conference. The prefect called on people housed in precarious housing, very numerous in the poorest department in France, to confine themselves to the accommodation centers opened by the authorities.
Increased level of vigilance
Already yesterday, the prefect announced that the archipelago was on orange alert.
The triggering of the orange alert includes the closure of schools for tomorrow and until further notice, and in conjunction with the Department of Mayotte, the cessation of barge traffic from 5:30 p.m.
— Prefect of Mayotte (@Prefet976) https://twitter.com/Prefet976/status/1867259030206656944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
He called for great vigilance: preparation of equipment and foodstuffs, limitation of movement, provision of safe shelters, storage of dangerous objects that could fly away, sheltering animals… So many points to which residents should pay attention .
Schools were also closed on Thursday until further notice?
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