“If this wasn't France, you would be in a sea of ​​shit 10,000 times worse” (iggw)

Macron lashes out at the inhabitants of Mayotte: “If this wasn't France, you would be in a sea of ​​shit 10,000 times worse” Cyclone Chido crossed the archipelago destroying almost everything. The death count is very complicated: thousands of illegal migrants from the nearby Comoros live on the islands Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… ROME – Emmanuel Macron he finally blurted out. (Dire)

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Mamoudzou (France), Dec. 19 – The French President Emmanuel Macron he visited Mayottethe French archipelago in the Indian Ocean devastated by cyclone Chido, and met the staff of the Mamoudzou hospital who explained the serious situation they find themselves in. (Il Sole 24 ORE)

The islands are located in the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique, and constitute an overseas department and region of France. Is this normal? What is happening is not what you reported on television,” a resident told the French president. (TV Courier)

With winds reaching speeds exceeding 200 km/h, the meteorological phenomenon razed entire neighborhoods to the ground, leaving the population without electricity and communications. The official toll, according to the local authorities led by the mayor of Mamoudzou, Ambdilwahedou Soumaila, is 22 dead and over 1,400 injured, but there are fears that the number of victims could increase, considering the significant presence of irregular migrants on the island. (Newspaper Weather)

According to the security services of Mayotte the death toll following the passage of tropical cyclone Chido could amount to 60,000, or around 20% of the residents of the archipelago. However, this is a rough estimate which will be difficult to make official, given that thousands of people are missing (3bmeteo)

France, Macron arrived in Mayotte to assess damage from cyclone Chido 19 December 2024 (Il Sole 24 ORE)

TERAMO. «I was in the hospital with my colleagues, the roof collapsed on us», this is how the gynecologist retraces the frames of those minutes of panic in her memory, «the maternity ward was flooded, the doors and windows blew out». (The Center)