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Guadeloupe sees the damage after Hurricane Fiona

2022-09-19T17:15:06.891Z


REPORT - The storm, which killed one person on the island, swept away roads, bridges and homes. The state of natural disaster has been recognized.


In Pointe-a-Pitre

"The water has returned to the tap!",

Rejoices Fabienne, a resident of the town of Lamentin, where the water was cut off all weekend after the passage of the storm Fiona which devastated several towns in Guadeloupe. and kills one.

It was Friday evening that the storm, which then became a Category 1 hurricane, crossed the island dragging historic rainfall totals, up to 600 mm in places.

“The night from Friday to Saturday was intense, the lightning lit up the sky as if in broad daylight and the thunder was so strong…”,

continues Fabienne, who confides

“to have been afraid during a sleepless night”.

The damage was mainly caused in the South Basse-Terre region, where the municipalities are located between the sea and the mountains and where many rivers have violently come out of their beds.

In Goyave, the stream called the Petite Rivière, usually rather calm, carried away a bridge of about twenty meters.

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Source: lefigaro

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