Hurricane Maria, which raged in the Antilles in mid-September, killed four people in Guadeloupe, according to a final assessment announced by the Prefecture, Tuesday, December 5. The previous assessment reported two dead and two missing.
Hurricane Maria hit the island on September 18 and 19, two weeks after cyclone Irma, which devastated Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, killing at least 11 people. The damage caused by the two hurricanes was estimated at nearly two billion euros, announced at the end of November the overseas ministry.
The Prime Minister, who visited the site in November, announced the payment of compensation for the farmers of Guadeloupe and Martinique. "The State's response will be up to expectations," assured Edouard Philippe. This aid, which must be paid by early 2018, could be 20 to 30 million euros, according to Matignon, based on the current estimate of damage._AF
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