Cyclone Chido iski Mayotteen, ja siihen liittyvät tuhot ja uhrit ovat järkyttävän suuret. Nähdäksesi kuinka tämä saarivaltio selviytyy, lue lisää!
Viimeisimmät uutiset Mayotten saarista ovat kuin suoraan elokuvasta, jossa ylivoimainen luonnonvoima kohtaa rauhallisen saaren. Cyclone Chido, voimakkain myrsky yli 90 vuoteen, iski Ranskan merentakaiseen alueeseen ja jätti jälkeensä hämmästyttävän tuhon. Alkuperäisten tietojen mukaan ainakin 14 ihmistä on menehtynyt, mutta pelkojen mukaan uhreja saattaa olla satoja tai jopa tuhansia. Saarten infrastruktuuri ei kestänyt myrskyn riivattua voimavaroja, ja nyt avustusryhmät ovat kiiruhtamassa paikalle auttamaan niitä, jotka ovat jääneet loukkuun.
Mayotte, pieni mutta kaunis saarivaltio Intian valtameressä, potee nyt suuria haasteita. Veden, ruoan ja terveydenhuollon tarve on kriittinen, ja monilla asukkailla ei ole enää mahdollisuuksia selvitä omatoimisesti. Tuhoa on tapahtunut asuinrakennuksissa, julkisissa liiketiloissa ja jopa sairaaloissa, mikä aiheuttaa ylimääräistä painetta jo ennestään lirissä olevalle terveydenhuoltojärjestelmälle. Pelastustyöntekijät etsivät yhä eloonjääneitä saarten romukasoista, kun pelätään, että taistelua aikaa vastaan käydään ihmishenkien pelastamiseksi.
Cyclone Chido on muuttanut vorotettujen saarten maisemaa karmeasti, ja huhut kaikkialla maailmassa herättävät huolta Mayotten tulevaisuudesta. Tämä on yksi pahimmista luonnonkatastrofeista, joka on osunut alueelle yli vuosisataan. Kylmää kyytiä tarjoava myrsky tuhosi tulevaisuuden toivoja, kun se kaatoi puita ja rikkoili rakennuksia kuin leluja. Ranskan hallitus on nyt lähettänyt apua laivoilla ja sotilaslennoilla, mutta onko se tarpeeksi?
Mielenkiintoista on, että Mayotte ei ole vain kaunis, saari niin ketterästynerikossakin! Vaikka se on Ranskan alue, se on itse asiassa verrattain köyhempi alue verrattuna muuhun Ranskaan. Sen väkiluku on vain noin 300 000, minkä lisäksi saari on tunnettu kauniista valkoisista rannoistaan ja monimuotoisesta merielämästään. Nyt kuitenkin asukkaat huutavat apua, ja me voimme vain toivoa, että auttavat kädet löytävät heidät ajoissa!
Officials report at least two deaths, damage to properties as 'unexpectedly violent' cyclone hits island territory.
Fears over food, water and sanitation as strongest storm in more than 90 years hits islands in Indian Ocean.
The tropical cyclone blew through the southeastern Indian Ocean, also affecting the nearby islands of Comoros and Madagascar. Mayotte was directly in the path ...
At least 14 people were killed in Mayotte when a fierce cyclone battered the French Indian Ocean territory, authorities said Sunday, with officials warning ...
At least 14 people have been killed in the French overseas territory of Mayotte after Cyclone Chido swept across the Indian Ocean island on its way to east ...
There are reports of severe damage on the French Indian Ocean territory after it was struck by Cyclone Chido.
The storm, the equivalent of a Category 3, was moving inland across the country, a day after killing several people in Mayotte, a French archipelago in the ...
The tropical cyclone blew through the southeastern Indian Ocean, also affecting the nearby islands of Comoros and Madagascar. Mayotte was directly in the path ...
The intense tropical cyclone has now made landfall on the east coast of Africa, where aid agencies are warning of more loss of life and severe damage in ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1000, ...
Cyclone Chido hit with winds of more than 124 mph, damaging housing, government buildings and a hospital.
The search for survivors on the Mayotte archipelago continued on Sunday after a cyclone devastated the French Indian Ocean territory.
The most catastrophic cyclone to hit the French archipelago of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 90 years has possibly left hundreds dead.
The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1000, the island's top government official ...
The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands, the island's top government ...
A senior official said Sunday that the death toll from cyclone Chido's passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as France ...
France rushed rescue teams and supplies to its largely poor overseas department in the Indian Ocean that has suffered widespread destruction.
Officials in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte estimate Cyclone Chido killed hundreds of people after the worst storm in 90 years struck the ...
Mayotte is a French territory located off the southeastern shores of Africa. It lies to the east of the Indian Ocean islands of Comoros and northwest of ...
Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday, inflicting devastation that ...
Mayotte, a territory off the coast of Africa, is significantly poorer than the rest of France.
Several hundred people are feared dead on the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after a cyclone brought wind speeds of 140mph (225kmh).
Emergency workers raced to restore basic services to the French overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the most powerful ...
France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered ...
Medical supplies airlifted to French Indian Ocean territory after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead. Agence France-Presse.
The official death toll so far is 14, but there are fears that the number killed in the French territory by Tropical Cyclone Chido could be much higher.
Rescue workers are rushing to the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after it was devastated by the powerful Cyclone Chido.
France is using ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.
France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was ...
Chido hit Mayotte on Saturday morning with wind speeds exceeding 220km/h (137mph). It made landfall as a tropical storm in Mozambique on Sunday morning. Chido ...
Cyclone Chido devastates Mayotte, leaving widespread destruction, a rising death toll, and urgent calls for aid.
After Chido's center passed just north of Madagascar on December 13, the storm made landfall on northern Mayotte the morning of December 14 with sustained winds ...
Thousands were feared dead on Monday after a Cyclone Chido tore through Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean territory, leaving swaths of the population cut off.