Mayotte still in shambles a year after Cyclone Chido

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00:00One year on, the scars of cyclone Shido are still visible across Mayotte.

00:05Apartment buildings remain roofless, shipwrecks still clutter the lagoon.

00:11For dozens of Maorais, it feels as if the disaster happened yesterday.

00:21On December 14th, 2024, Shido struck Mayotte with winds of 250 km per hour.

00:30Destroying Fanny Barthier's home, like thousands of others.

00:33This was the building before the cyclone, and this is the building today.

00:39I didn't think it had been destroyed to this extent.

00:43Throughout the hurricane, I was just trying to stay alive and I didn't realize the extent of the damage.

00:49She is one of the few insured residents, yet her construction work hasn't started.

00:54Negotiations have stalled for months, due to a 200,000 euro gap between the insurer's offer and the contractor's estimate.

01:04Every day, they ask for documents that we've sent them dozens of times.

01:09It's difficult each time.

01:12Local authorities are citing discrepancies in the reimbursement of repair costs.

01:17In the town of Kungu, officials say that the lack of compensation is delaying reparation work,

01:23leaving schools like this one abandoned since the cyclone in ruins.

01:29Look at this. Everything is broken here. It's an abandoned school.

01:35The French government committed 1 billion euros to Mayotte in one year,

01:40primarily to sustain key public services like the Mamoutou Hospital.

01:44After the disaster, the government also vowed to end shanty towns

01:50where the majority of the 40 official victims of the cyclone resided.

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