The Mayotte archipelago placed in orange vigilance “heavy rain and thunderstorms”

The Mayotte prefecture calls on the population to take their precautions on Saturday in the face of the risk of waters.

The Mayotte archipelago was placed on Saturday March 8 in orange alert “heavy rains and thunderstorms” by Météo-France, almost three months after the devastating passage of the Chido cyclone. The rainfall episode, which is in Madagascar, will touch the archipelago “All this day on Saturday and until Sunday”, Alert a joint press release from Météo-France and the prefecture.

According to the Institute, which also placed the archipelago in yellow vigilance strong winds, this episode requires “Particular monitoring taking into account the accumulations of rain and the associated sustained electrical activity”. The southwest wind will be 40 to 50 km/h with gusts around 70 km/h.

Mayotte prefecture calls on the population to take all the precautions necessary to safeguard dwellings “Faced with the rise of waters”, especially for those located in the flood zone or on the edge of the ravine, and “Prepare for possible evacuation”.

It also recommends moving only in case of necessity, not to cross ravines or rivers in flood, as well as submerged rackers, and pay attention to tap water which can remain unfit for consumption “At least 48 hours after stopping the rains”.

The poorest department of France, located in the Indian Ocean, was ravaged on December 14 by the Cyclone Chido which left at least 40 dead. With gusts exceeding 200 km/h, he caused colossal damage and left exsangue Mayotte. THE “Cost of destruction” was estimated around 3.5 billion euros, according to overseas Minister Manuel Valls.

The Parliament adopted on February 13 the emergency bill for the reconstruction of the archipelago, before a second text scheduled for the spring. Cyclone Chido was made more powerful by climate change, according to a British preliminary study which estimates that the CE phenomenon made the winds stronger by around 5%.