While Mayotte has been placed on cyclone pre-alert since Friday before the passage of storm Dikeledi, the prefect François-Xavier Bieuville announced on the plateau of Mayotte the 1st his decision to “postpone by a few days” the planned administrative school start on January 13 “to absorb this new shock, to ensure that we are prepared for it”.
“This is a lesser event than Chido. On the other hand, it is a serious event“, declared the prefect François-Xavier Bieuville on the plateau of Mayotte la 1ère this Friday noon. This event is the tropical storm Dikeledi which should pass on Sunday 140 km south of the archipelago, already devastated by the cyclone Chido less than a month ago.
At the time of the passage near Mayotte of this low pressure system which could then have reached the stage of “strong tropical storm“, Météo-France predicts “wind gusts of 90-100 km/h” et “a risk of marine submersion on the coasts“. Of “intermittent heavy precipitation” are expected from Saturday evening and until the night of Sunday to Monday.
It is for this reason that Mayotte has been placed on cyclone pre-alert since 9 a.m. this Friday morning, and could potentially go into orange alert on Saturday, and red alert on Sunday.
As a precautionary measure, he also announced in the Mayotte 1st news the decision to “postpone a few days“the administrative start of the school year scheduled for January 13”to absorb this new shock, to ensure that we are prepared for it“.
He added that the start date would be announced “in the coming hours by the rector“.
After triggering the hurricane pre-alert in Mayotte, prefect François-Xavier Bieuville announced in Mayotte the first that the return of teachers, scheduled for January 13, would be postponed by a few days.
Before the passage of Dikeledi, the prefecture recommended that residents anticipate all drug treatments in the event of pathologies and “prepare lighting reserves“, “water, non-perishable food and a first aid kit“.
People with renal or respiratory insufficiency are also advised to contact “without delay“their usual healthcare establishment.
The prefect asked residents to cancel outdoor outings planned for this weekend, to fix objects and obstacles.likely to constitute dangers or projectiles” in the event of gusts of wind and to facilitate the evacuation of water.
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