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LIVE. Cyclone Chido in Mayotte: latest reports, Macron on site Thursday, progress of relief efforts… follow the situation

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Les opérations de secours se poursuivent sur l’archipel dévasté par le cyclone Chido le week-end du 15 décembre 2024. Jusqu’à plusieurs centaines de morts pourraient être recensées dans les prochains jours.

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On the weekend of December 15, a cyclone hit the Mayotte archipelago with full force, with winds reaching 226 km/h. On Tuesday evening, the latest report – still very provisional – reported 23 dead and 1,373 injured. In addition to the victims recorded, there are also missing persons, including 200 Red Cross volunteers. Emmanuel Macron will go there on Thursday, two days after the resignation of the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau. Significant resources are being deployed to help the victims. 07:10.

Reinforcements sent to Mayotte by the Hérault firefighters

Firefighters from Hérault are being sent to Mayotte this Wednesday, after the passage of cyclone Chido. They will take off from Roissy airport, bound for the archipelago. “They will join the other detachments of French civil security” , indicates the Hérault Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis 34).

More information on our article .

07:03.

Macron will visit Mayotte this Thursday

The President of the Republic will visit Mayotte this Thursday, considering that “our compatriots are living the worse within a few thousand kilometers,” announced the Élysée yesterday evening.

The latest report, still very provisional, shows 22 dead and 45 injured in absolute emergency. But these figures could still be significantly revised upwards, with the Red Cross fearing that “more than 200” of its members “are missing” .

07:00.

Hello and welcome to this live

Hello and welcome to this live dedicated to the evolution of the situation in Mayotte after the passage of cyclone Chido on Saturday, December 14, 2024.

Teilor Stone

By Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116