For the past two weeks, most of the human reinforcements and equipment to help the survivors of cyclone Chido in Mayotte have been sent from La Réunion Island. From the Gillot military airbase in Sainte-Marie, two Airbus A440s shuttle between the two islands. During the closure of Mayotte airport to commercial flights, Air Austral operated up to three flights a day to bring the Paris fire brigade and other rescue workers to the cyclone-stricken archipelago. The Port naval base is the (…)