France observes a day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido …
3 days ago · PARIS (AP) — France marked a day of mourning Monday for victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated its poorest territory, Mayotte, over a week ago.. The cyclone was the most destructive to hit Mayotte in 90 years and caused extensive damage to the island off Africa’s east coast. At least 35 deaths have been reported, with around 2,500 injured.
Dozens not thousands killed on Mayotte by Cyclone Chido
Cyclone Chido was the worst storm to hit the territory in 90 years, bringing winds of up to 260 km/h (160mph) and flattening areas where people lived in shacks with metal roofs.
Cyclone Chido's devastation of Mayotte was immediate and …
6 days ago · The devastation from Cyclone Chido that shattered corrugated metal shacks and thousands of lives on the island of Mayotte was both immediate and long coming. Residents of Mayotte, one of 12 tiny overseas territories remaining from one of the great global empires, have complained for decades of neglect by bureaucrats in France.
Mayotte: Cyclone Chido pummels French territory in Indian …
Dec 16, 2024 · Cyclone Chido, a category 4 storm, tore through the southwestern Indian Ocean over the weekend, impacting northern Madagascar before rapidly intensifying and slamming Mayotte with winds above...
Cyclone Chido: What to know about storm that devastated …
Dec 16, 2024 · Cyclone Chido has become the worst storm to impact the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 90 years. Here is more about the destruction caused by Chido and what may come...
Cyclone Chido leaves Mayotte reeling. Warmer oceans fueled it
Dec 18, 2024 · The Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte is reeling from Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to hit the French territory in 90 years. AP’s Sam Mednick shared what she saw on the ground as rescue and recovery efforts began.
Cyclone Chido kills several in French territory of Mayotte before
Dec 15, 2024 · Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving several people dead, officials said Saturday, as the storm roared toward the east coast of Africa.
‘Several hundred’ could be dead after Cyclone Chido hits France’s ...
Dec 15, 2024 · Cyclone Chido, the severest storm to hit the French archipelago Mayotte in 90 years, may have killed “several hundred” people according to authorities.
Cyclone Chido: Thousands feared dead on archipelago of Mayotte - NBC News
Dec 16, 2024 · Thousands were feared dead on Monday after a Cyclone Chido tore through Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean territory, leaving swaths of the population cut off.
At least 11 dead in French territory of Mayotte amid Cyclone Chido ...
Dec 15, 2024 · CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands, the island’s top government official told a local broadcaster Sunday.