France’s battered Mayotte islands hit by new tropical storm just weeks after devastating cyclone
The French territory of Mayotte issued a red alert and people were ordered to stay in their homes or find a solid shelter, ...
Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French territory off Africa
The French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that ...
London Evening Standard9d
Mayotte: 'Thousands' feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island
The extent of casualties and physical damage on the islands, which lie between Madagascar and Mozambique, remained unclear. The prefect of Mayotte, Francois-Xavier Bieuville, said on Sunday that ...
The New York Times27d
What It Looks Like on an Island Steamrolled by a Cyclone
A visit to the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte, which were struck by Cyclone Chido last weekend, reveals the devastating toll of the storm on an impoverished territory that belongs to France.
The New York Times26d
Cyclone’s Death Toll in Mayotte Is Still Unclear
An aerial view of the destroyed Passamaïnty neighborhood in the suburbs of Mamoudzou, the capital of the French territory of Mayotte Island. Mayotte Dispatch Officials have said that the death ...
The Irish Times25d
‘We need Macron to act.’ The view in Mayotte, the French island territory steamrolled by cyclone Chido
More than a century and a half after the French colonised Mayotte, which mainly comprises two larger islands and a series of smaller ones with about 320,000 people, it is the poorest place in ...
Forbes29d
Death Toll Mounts—Could Reach Thousands—After Cyclone Chido Hits French Territory Of Mayotte
Authorities in France’s Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte said the death toll from the powerful Cyclone Chido that hit the island over the weekend is likely to be very high—between ...
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Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte Devastated by Cyclone Chida
Thousands are feared dead on the islands, with residents telling CNN, “It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte.” Mayotte is made up of two islands and is still part of France after the ...
New York Post26d
France’s Macron visits cyclone-wrecked Mayotte as residents beg for water, food and other aid
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to survey Cyclone Chido’s destruction and was immediately confronted with a first-hand account of ...
Yahoo23d
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte islands devastated by cyclone
Cyclone Chido was the worst storm to hit Mayotte's two main islands in 90 years, and authorities have said that perhaps thousands of people may have been killed in its wake, though the government ...