Cyclone Chido is feared to have killed hundreds in Mayotte

[freelancermaria]

On Sunday, a senior official stated that the death toll in Mayotte is feared to have reached hundreds, possibly thousands, as France deployed rescue workers and supplies to the affected area. However, the rescue efforts are complicated by damage to airports and disruptions in electricity supply in the French Indian Ocean Territory. Clean drinking water was already in short supply before Cyclone Chido struck.

Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville remarked, "I think there will definitely be several hundred, and perhaps we will come close to a thousand or even several thousand deaths." He also noted that determining the final death count is challenging because many Muslims bury their dead within 24 hours in accordance with tradition.

European Union Chief Ursula von der Leyen pledged assistance from the bloc, and the head of the World Health Organization also offered help. Ambdilwahedou Soumaila, the mayor of Mayotte's capital Mamoudzou, reported that nine people are in critical condition in the hospital, with an additional 246 suffering serious injuries. He commented, "The hospital is hit, the schools are hit. Houses are totally devastated." He concluded by stating that the storm had "spared nothing."

 

[Kera]

We rarely hear about earthquakes happening in Africa. But wasn't this earthquake forewarned! Death toll wasn't worse.

 

[eLdavis]

We rarely hear about earthquakes happening in Africa. But wasn't this earthquake forewarned! Death toll wasn't worse.

Yes it's not that common in Africa, and I think we are lucky cause compared to this countries, we do not have the technology or resources to combat these things. The casualties would be ten times worse if it happens in most Africa countries.