Cyclone Chido has left at least 14 dead according to a provisional report. Emergency services are being organized on site, with the arrival of a Metropolitan Civil Security plane.
A first plane carrying relief equipment arrived in Mayotte this Sunday, December 15, hit by Cyclone Chido which left at least 14 dead, announced the spokesperson for Civil Security on BFMTV.
“Our DASH, a plane usually used to put out forest fires, made its first landing on the island of Mayotte, (and) opened the way for the rest of the planes which will be able to arrive in the area,” said says Colonel Alexandre Jouassard, spokesperson for Civil Security.
This plane, which landed at 3:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. Paris time) from Reunion Island, was transporting three tons of equipment from the medical service, packages from the French Blood Establishment and 17 medical personnel, the prefecture said. of the Southern Indian Ocean Defense Zone in a statement, adding that two sub-prefects were among the passengers.
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