{"id":137544,"date":"2024-12-16T04:08:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137544"},"modified":"2024-12-16T04:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:08:48","slug":"cyclone-chido-kills-multiple-in-mayotte-batters-mozambique-dw-12-15-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137544","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Chido kills multiple in Mayotte, batters Mozambique \u2013 DW \u2013 12\/15\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least 14\u00a0people have been killed on the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/britain-to-hand-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius\/a-70396773\">Indian Ocean<\/a> island of Mayotte, French authorities said on Sunday, as the storm headed towards the East African nation of Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>Nine people were in critical condition and 246 others were injured, according to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Cleanup is now underway in Mayotte, which is a French overseas territory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the death toll, it&#8217;s going to be complicated, because Mayotte is a Muslim land where the dead are buried within 24 hours,&#8221; a French Interior Ministry official said.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclone Chido appeared to have grown in power\u00a0as it barreled toward <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/mozambique\/t-68124161\">Mozambique<\/a>\u00a0before\u00a0making\u00a0landfall around 40 kilometers\u00a0(25 miles) south of the northern city of Pemba, weather services said.<\/p>\n<p>The UN&#8217;s children&#8217;s welfare agency,\u00a0UNICEF, said it was on the scene in Mozambique\u00a0to provide help amid the storm, which it said had already caused some damage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many homes, schools and health facilities have been partially or completely destroyed and we are working closely with government to ensure continuity of essential basic services,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span data-slot-id=\"Article_InContent-1\" class=\"rich-text-ad\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Devastation in Mayotte<\/h2>\n<p>After the cyclone hit Mayotte, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/france-macron-names-francois-bayrou-as-new-prime-minister\/a-71044786\">new French\u00a0Prime Minister Francois Bayrou<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Paris that the storm damaged and destroyed government buildings,\u00a0hospitals and makeshift housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said there were concerns about access to food, water and sanitation in the relatively impoverished territory that&#8217;s home to just over 300,000 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"vjs-wrapper embed big\">\n<h2 aria-label=\"Embedded video \u2014 Cyclone Chido batters French island territory Mayotte\" class=\"headline\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\"><g fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M14.114 7.599H13.5l.002 4.706h.601l4.582 3.25-.005-11.11zM11.084 4.444l-9.007.002-1.336.797.002 9.514 1.334.793 9.007.006 1.509-.799-.004-9.516z\"\/><\/g><\/svg>Cyclone Chido batters French island territory Mayotte<\/h2>\n<p><video id=\"video-71060554\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" preload=\"none\" poster=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-id=\"71060554\" data-posterurl=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/71058520_605.webp\" data-duration=\"01:27\"><source src=\"https:\/\/hlsvod.dw.com\/i\/dwtv_video\/flv\/je\/je20241215_Mayotte18G_,AVC_480x270,AVC_512x288,AVC_640x360,AVC_960x540,AVC_1280x720,AVC_1920x1080,.mp4.csmil\/master.m3u8\" type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\"><source src=\"https:\/\/tvdownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net\/dwtv_video\/flv\/je\/je20241215_Mayotte18G_AVC_1920x1080.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/source><\/source><\/video><\/div>\n<p>In a sign of the uncertainty after the storm, a junior government minister born in Mayotte,\u00a0Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, had not heard from friends or family there since, Bayrou and his interior minister told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Mayotte is an Indian Ocean group of islands between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Local prefect says storm the worst since 1934<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone understands that this was a cyclone that was unexpectedly violent,&#8221; Bayrou said, with Chido packing gusts of wind of up to 200 kilometers (120 miles) per hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The prefect of the overseas territory, Francois-Xavier Bieuville, wrote on Facebook: &#8220;Our\u00a0island is at the moment deeply affected by the most violent and destructive cyclone that we have seen since 1934,&#8221; the prefect of the overseas territory,\u00a0Francois-Xavier Bieuville, wrote on Facebook. &#8220;Many of us have lost everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The archipelago was put on high alert and residents were told to stay indoors ahead of the storm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"71059785\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/71059785_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"This handout photograph taken and released by the General Direction of the civil aviation on December 14, 2024 shows damage in the control tower at the airport in Pamandzi, hours after Cyclone Chido batterred the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte with winds of up to 220 kilometres (137 miles) per hour.\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; max-height: 0;\"\/><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Despite clear indications of damage at the airport in Pamandzi, the runway was still operational<small class=\"copyright\">Image: DGAC\/AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>French government sending rescuers, firefighters<\/h2>\n<p>The airport runway, located in Pamandzi on one of the smaller islands just off the main body of land, across the water from the main city Mamoudzou, was still able to be used. Authorities were planning to use it only for military flights to transport water and food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said that 110 rescue workers and firefighters had been sent to the island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said some 1,600 gendarmes and police were also on hand to keep order.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"71059772\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/71059772_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"French officials at a press conference at the Interministerial Crisis Center at the Ministry of the Interior, Place Beauvau, following the storm in Mayotte, December 14, 2024.\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; max-height: 0;\"\/><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">France&#8217;s new government gathered at the Interior Ministry to discuss the situation in Mayotte on Saturday<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Olivier Corsan\/MAXPPP\/dpa\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There was some looting, but very quickly, we reacted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Retailleau will travel to Mayotte on Monday, his office said, along with 160 soldiers and firefighters to reinforce the 110 already deployed.<\/p>\n<p>Mayotte is significantly poorer than mainland France and has struggled with gang violence and social unrest for decades. 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