Le cyclone tropical “exceptional” Chido sowed chaos on Saturday December 14 in Mayotte, the poorest department in France, in the Indian Ocean, where precarious housing was completely destroyed, according to a still provisional report, communicated Sunday morning to Agence France-Presse (AFP) by a source from the security services. The alert level was lowered from purple to red during the day to allow emergency services to come out, but the prefect called on the approximately 320,000 inhabitants of Mayotte to stay “confined” et “solidarity” In “this ordeal”. Communications with the territory remain very difficult.
With gusts observed at more than 220 km/h, Cyclone Chido is the most intense to hit Mayotte in more than 90 years, according to Météo France. Extremely violent winds ravaged the archipelago with electrical poles downed, trees uprooted and sheet metal roofs or partitions blown away in a territory where precarious housing affects at least a third of the population.
The resigning Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau estimated on Saturday evening at the end of an interministerial crisis meeting that he “will probably take days” pour “refine” the human toll.
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