Placed on red alert, the Caribbean archipelago was hit by heavy flooding on the night of Friday September 16 to Saturday September 17.
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“The water has gone everywhere, it’s mostly floods and, this morning, it’s images of desolation”testifies, Sunday September 18 on franceinfo, André Atallah, the mayor of Basse-Terre, capital and territory most affected by the storm Fiona in Guadeloupe. “We had two people missing. A 54-year-old man was found dead and the second was found safe and sound.“, specifies the mayor of Basse-Terre.
“It was the Rivière des Terres district that was the most affected because there is a river, the Saint-Louis, which has completely burst its banks”he said again.“It is absolutely necessary to clear the accesses to be able to access the disaster areas. There are trees, sand and a lot of rocks on the roads. There is great solidarity in Guadeloupe, many people want to help but coordination is needed by the top because all this requires a lot of logistics”testifies André Attalah.
“We are managing the emergency for the moment but, in the medium term, the work will be enormous and it is true that the state of natural disaster [annoncé par le ministre de l’Intérieur Gérald Darmanin] is justified for Guadeloupe”ends the mayor of Basse-Terre.