two days after storm Fiona, still water and road cuts

Several dozen people in Guadeloupe had to be relocated, roads remained impassable and part of the archipelago still did not have drinking water two days after the passage of storm Fiona, we learned from concordant sources. .

About fifty people must be relocated, a source close to the authorities told AFP, on condition of anonymity.

For its part, the prefecture specified Monday evening that the gradual return of water distribution was continuing, thanks in particular to the provision of two cisterns from the Basse-Terre national reserve and eleven additional cisterns being transported by the adapted military service regiment (RSMA).

The Joint Water and Sanitation Management Union of Guadeloupe (SMGEAG) estimated on Sunday that nearly 151,000 subscribers were affected by water shortages due to the passage of storm Fiona on Friday night Saturday. . He then underlined that, in several areas of the archipelago, major works would be necessary or that the infrastructures were not yet accessible.

Bottles of mineral water will be distributed by the Red Cross, the prefecture said on Monday, adding that a hundred subscribers were still without electricity and that 340 users did not have a fixed line because of damaged antennas.

Eleven mobile antennas are still out of service, she noted.

The road network also suffered: three departmental roads remained impassable on Monday in Basse-Terre and the Rivire des Pres bridge, connecting Basse-Terre Baillif, was closed to traffic on Monday due to significant structural damage.

Most schools, closed Monday, should reopen Tuesday but several mayors have warned that without running water, the reception of students would be impossible in some establishments.

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The departmental emergency fund has been activated to meet basic necessities (mattresses, clothing, foodstuffs), said Guy Losbar, president of the Departmental Council, in a press release on Monday.

An accelerated procedure for recognition of the state of natural disaster is underway. The Minister in charge of Overseas Jean-Franois Carenco must go there in the coming days.

Fiona strengthened into a hurricane on Sunday as it approached Puerto Rico, where catastrophic damage was reported after its passage. It then fell on the Dominican Republic and moved towards the Turks and Caques, with a reinforcement expected Tuesday in category 3 (out of 5).

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