Gauthier Delomez 7:25 p.m., August 19, 2022, modified at 7:26 p.m., August 19, 2022
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced that a state of natural disaster will be declared throughout Corsica, the day after violent storms that left five dead and several injured.
On Europe 1, the president of the executive council of the island Gilles Simeoni evokes how Corsica could fight against the next storms.
Could the tragedy have been avoided?
Thursday, at least five people died and twenty others were injured after the violent storms that hit Corsica.
These deadly bad weather are a consequence of global warming and that of the Mediterranean, which suggests future storms as violent as this one.
On Europe 1, Gilles Simeoni, the president of the executive council of the island, discussed the means to fight against new bad weather.
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"It's a fundamental problem", first recognizes Gilles Simeoni at the microphone of Jeanne Baron, adding that he had mentioned a review of public policies at the assembly of Corsica at the end of July and with the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, traveling to the Island of Beauty.
"I think that Corsica, an island and Mediterranean territory, must position itself as an innovative territory in terms of public policies in the context of the fight against global warming, and also of ecological transition", he says on Europe 1.
Technical devices to better anticipate
The President of the Executive Council of Corsica expects the government to "treat this painful episode, and that compensation can be made as quickly as possible", while the Minister of the Interior has confirmed that the state of natural disaster on the whole island will be decreed on Wednesday August 24th.
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"Behind, we will have to analyze, could we have done better in terms of anticipation?", continues Gilles Simeoni, who lists some provisions on the table.
"There are beacons which are going to be put out to sea, and which would have allowed us to have a little more reaction time and anticipation. There are also alert systems implemented last June which must allow the dissemination of information on mobile phones for territories that may be impacted by meteorological events.