Torrents of mud hit the south of Mayotte after the arrival of tropical storm ‘Dikeledi’

MADRID Jan 12 (EUROPA PRESS) –

More than 14,500 people are taking refuge in the 79 emergency centers set up in the French overseas territory of Mayotte, the archipelago located between Madagascar and the southeast coast of continental Africa, after the arrival this past morning of the tropical storm ‘Dikeledi’.

The torrential rains that accompany the storm system have caused torrents of mud that are crossing at full speed the main roads of the towns in the south of the archipelago, although at the moment without victims to regret, according to local sources from the France Info chain, but towns like Mbouini “are once again completely devastated” having been greatly weakened by the passage, at the end of last year, of the catastrophic cyclone ‘Chido’.

In fact, the aftermath of the cyclone has represented an obstacle in the evacuation and protection tasks of the population because many of the shelters ended up seriously damaged by ‘Chido’, which has forced the municipalities to overload the shelters in the face of the lack of space.

‘Chido’ left almost 40 dead and more than 5,500 injured as it passed through a territory that has been completely devastated by winds that reached 230 kilometers per hour.