Authorities in Mayotte fear the death toll from Category 4 Cyclone Chido could reach hundreds or even thousands.
Of the estimated 20,000 inhabitants of Kawéni, in the French overseas department of Mayotte, only 5,000 reportedly reached shelters before cyclone Chido swept through the area.
A cyclone barrelling towards southeast Africa for the last four days caused widespread devastation in Mayotte after it struck ...
France is rushing rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte after the island group off Africa was ...
Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone Chido, ...
Hundreds are feared dead after the storm razed entire neighborhoods in Mayotte, a series of islands off the eastern coast of ...
French authorities continued to enforce an overnight curfew on the cyclone-hit island of Mayotte on Friday night as they ...
Officials have said that the death toll in Mayotte, currently at 35, could end up in the thousands. But in the capital, there ...
France mobilized emergency aid on Monday, deploying ships and military aircraft to assist Mayotte, its overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, after the island was devastated by its most severe ...