Emmanuel Macron will go to Mayotte and declare national mourning. The head of state assured of his “support to our fellow citizens, to civil servants and to the mobilized relief forces”, in a message posted on .
Bruno Retailleau: “the island is totally devastated”. “We will start doing a census as soon as the roads have been cleared. I would be unable to plan to give you any figures at the moment. In any case it is clear that the island is totally devastated,” declared the Minister of the Interior during a press point held in Saint-Denis (Reunion).
150 rescuers arrived as reinforcements in Mayotte. Civil Security announced this Monday evening that a second detachment from France had arrived in Mayotte. A detachment of 150 firefighters and rescuers “made up of specialized medical teams, operational personnel for rescue-clearance operations as well as a water treatment module”.
At the National Assembly, a minute of silence for the Mahorese victims. The deputies of the National Assembly observed a minute of silence, at the opening of the 4 p.m. session at the National Assembly. Before this minute of silence, the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet “saluted the courage and bravery of the rescue teams”. “With the support of the entire Nation, Mayotte will recover. The Republic stands, and will always stand, alongside the Mahorais and Mahoraises,” she added.
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