Tropical cyclone Chido wreaked havoc on Saturday in Mayotte, the poorest department in France.
Bruno Garcia, manager of the “Hôtel Caribou” establishment in Mamoudzou, says he lost 95% of his hotel during this tragedy.
And tells his fear of the future on the 8 p.m. news on TF1.
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Mayotte hit by powerful cyclone Chido
“A catastrophe, worthy of the apocalypse”, deplores Bruno Garcia, manager of the establishment “Hotel Caribou”in Mamoudzou. “My hotel structure was made of solid material, part of which was built 17 years ago, and everything was taken away”reports the owner of the establishment at the microphone of TF1, in the video at the top of this article.
Tropical cyclone Chido wreaked havoc on Saturday in Mayotte, taking away roofs, and sometimes even entire houses, as shown in this report from TF1's 8 p.m. “There is nothing left. I lost 95% of the hotel. I no longer have a structure. Everything has been taken away. I no longer have a roof”explains Bruno Garcia. “The wind rushed inside, and there is nothing left in the rooms”he specifies.
There is nothing left in Mayotte
Bruno Garcia
Two people were killed in the Kaweni slum, the mayor of Mamoudzou told TF1-LCI. Other information indicates two deaths on Petite-Terre, a small island to the east of the “capital”. Saturday evening, the resigning Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau estimated at the end of an interministerial crisis meeting that he “will probably take days” pour “refine” the human toll . “It will be important”laments Bruno Garcia.
“My establishment overlooks part of the city, and I was able to see what happened there. I would say that 90 to 95% of the population no longer has a home”continues the manager. “I am extremely worried for the entire population of Mayotte. There is nothing left in Mayotte, no structure, no administration. The hospital has had problems”he says.
The resigning Minister of Health, Geneviève Darrieussecq, indicated on “the health system is seriously affected and access to care is seriously degraded”adding that “the Mayotte hospital center suffered significant material damage”.
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“We don't know where we're going. We don't know what to do anymore. We see people wandering in the street, no longer knowing where to go, with babies in their arms.” rapport Bruno Garcia.
Closed until further notice to commercial flights, the airport, where gusts reached 226 km/h according to Météo-France, suffered significant damage, particularly in its control tower. More than 15,000 homes were deprived of electricity, according to the resigning Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher. Telephone calls, including emergency ones, have been limited.
