Cyclone Chido: Rescue workers search Mayotte for survivors - as islanders 'starving' amid food shortages

Macron skips EU summit to visit cyclone-hit island Mayotte

Authorities fear that several thousand could be dead after a devastating cyclone hit the French region in the Indian Ocean.

France rushes supplies to Mayotte, still reeling from deadly cyclone

By Tassilo Hummel MAMOUDZOU (Reuters) – France ramped up its relief operations to its cyclone-devastated overseas territory of Mayotte, with 120 tonnes of food due to be distributed on Wednesday to a population at risk of hunger and disease. The Indian Ocean archipelago, France’s poorest overseas territory, spent a first night under a curfew decreed in response to reported looting and lawlessness after Cyclone Chido struck over the weekend.…

The Indian Ocean Archipelago of Mayotte is France's Poorest Area. It Wasn't Ready For the Cyclone.

Tropical Cyclone Chido devastated the small Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte over the weekend. The official death toll stands in the 20s for the moment, but officials fear the real number could be in the hundreds or even thousands. The disaster offers yet one more example of the increasingly strong storms climate change has unleashed taking aim at some of the most vulnerable and least responsible people on the planet. Mayotte sits off the nor…

Mayotte reels after deadly Cyclone Chido

Cyclone Chido struck Mayotte on Saturday, levelling entire neighbourhoods and causing heavy destruction in the island's capital. Local reports confirm at least 20 deaths, but officials fear the true toll could be far higher.

Cyclone Chido death toll rises as Red Cross volunteers feared missing

More than 200 Red Cross humanitarian workers are feared missing in the wake of the worst cyclone to hit the French territory of Mayotte in 90 years.

Cyclone Chido has caused enormous devastation in the French archipelago of Mayotte, northwest of Madagascar. The area is facing a difficult time, according to French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau. "The island is devastated," he writes on X.