Cyclone Chido claimed lives
The official death toll from Cyclone Chido, which devastated Mayotte on Saturday, was 14.
As a result of Cyclone Chido, which hit the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, December 14, 14 people were officially killed. However, several hundred people could become victims of the elements.
This was announced by the prefect of Mayotte, François-Xavier Beauville, reports Le Figaro.
“There are definitely several hundred deaths. We may be approaching a thousand or even several thousand,” the prefect warned.
Currently, emergency services are providing assistance to the population.
It is known that a cyclone in the form of a strong wind with a speed of over 220 km per hour, a storm, hit the French archipelago for the first time in 90 years.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of France, the elements destroyed the homes of a third of the population of Mayotte, which is about 100,000. people who are being resettled in…
