France observes a day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido …
5 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.
Death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mayotte is ... - Associated Press News
Dec 15, 2024 · At least 11 people have died after Cyclone Chido caused devastating damage in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, while footage from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) showed destroyed boats washed up on the beachfront of Pemba, Mozambique.
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: Survivors recount horror that caught many by …
Dec 18, 2024 · Four days after the strongest cyclone in nearly a century ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of Africa, survivors recalled the horror of the storm that caught many by surprise.
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.
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.
Thousands feared dead after Cyclone Chido hits French overseas ...
Dec 16, 2024 · Cyclone season in the southwestern Indian Ocean began at the start of December, and Chido hit Mayotte on Saturday as an intense tropical cyclone — the equivalent of a category-4 hurricane, the ...
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.