Satellite imagery from the eastern part of main Mayotte island shows its coastal capital city Mamoudzou before and after it was hit by Cyclone Chido. Video credit: 2024 Planet Labs Inc 'Going out ...

The most devastating cyclone to hit France’s poorest department in 90 years caused colossal damage in mid-December, killing ...

His hotel is in Mayotte's capital city of Mamoudzou. He added it was as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte. Health workers fear the spread of infectious diseases as impacted residents deal with ...

Officials have said that the death toll in Mayotte, currently at 35, could end up in the thousands. But in the capital, there were no scenes of public mourning and little talk of searches for ...

Residents of Mayotte have spoken of "apocalyptic scenes ... "We've had no water for three days now," said one resident of the capital city Mamoudzou. "Some of my neighbours are hungry and thirsty ...

Some of Mayotte's population of 320,000 say they are struggling with severe shortages of food, water and shelter. One resident of the capital city, Mamoudzou, waiting for supplies, says ...

The European Union's preliminary satellite assessment found widespread structural damage across eastern and northern parts of Mayotte, including the capital city of Mamoudzou on Grande Terre and ...

Mayotte’s airport has reopened to commercial flights, allowing civilians to return to the French Indian Ocean archipelago ...

Mayotte's main airport is closed to civilian ... Electricity is down across the island with the exception of in Mamoudzou, the capital city, while most telecommunications antennas were knocked ...

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.

Phone and internet service remained spotty. Among the damaged and destroyed homes in Mayotte’s capital, Mamoudzou, people lined up with jugs to get water Wednesday or waited to charge their phones.