Hreat Sturder Chido: Mayotte in front of humanitarian disaster!

Hreat Sturder Chido: Mayotte in front of humanitarian disaster!

With devastating consequences, Mayotte fights after the pull of cyclone "Chido", the strongest storm for almost 90 years, which swept across the island on December 14th. According to reports from vienna.at , at least 34 missions have so far been registered for the search for missing, in which modern technologies such as drones are also used. The Ministry of Health opened a provisional field hospital with a delivery station and operating rooms in the Mamoudzou stadium, which can receive 100 people for treatment every day.

The disaster not only badly damaged numerous houses, but also important public institutions and a hospital. Access to water, food and sanitary facilities is significantly restricted. Mayor Sumaila emphasized that the rescue workers work intensively on reaching remote areas in order to find possible survivors. Like Deutschlandfunk feared, the Prefect from Mayotte fears that the number of fatalities could go into hundreds. In a particularly drastic scenario, he even put the possibility in the room that several thousand people could have lost their lives.

rescue measures run at full speed

In order to cope with the devastating effects, France's Interior Minister Retailleau is expected during the day in the disaster area in order to personally get an idea of the situation. He is accompanied by 160 soldiers and firefighters who are intended to strengthen the rescue workers on site. The situation remains tense, while the population of the region affected by the natural disaster is urgently dependent on help in order to restore basic care and to offer the survivors a prospect of normality.