France's President Emmanuel Macron tours cyclone-battered Mayotte, meets survivors pleading for help
"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French territory five days after Cyclone Chido.
France's Macron visits cyclone-wrecked Mayotte as residents urge for water, food and other aid
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday surveyed the devastation that a cyclone wrought across the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte as thousands of people tried to cope without the bare ...
France observes a day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in its Mayotte territory off Africa
France marked a day of mourning Monday for victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated its poorest territory, Mayotte, over a week ago.
French prime minister unveils recovery plan for devastated Mayotte after Cyclone Chido
French Prime Minister François Bayrou arrived Monday in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to unveil a recovery plan three ...
France's Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
A week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still grappling to count the dead, restore essential services and aid a beleaguered ...
Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths a rift between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte
Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population ...
New York Post21d
France rushes aid to Mayotte where hundreds — possibly thousands — are feared dead following worst cyclone in nearly a century
France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its tiny Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in ...
The New York Times18d
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.
CNN19d
France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory ... winds were festooned with clothing tossed up by the cyclone. The death toll in continental Africa, where the storm hit after passing through ...
The Boston Globe21d
France rushes help to Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands died in Cyclone Chido
Mayotte is France’s poorest department and is regarded ... Mayotte was directly in the cyclone’s path, though, and took the brunt. Chido brought winds in excess of 220 kph (136 mph), according ...
London Evening Standard15h
Mayotte: 'Thousands' feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island
Cyclone Chido has left a trail of destruction ... the French weather service, Meteo France said. One resident on Sunday likened the scene to a nuclear apocalypse. The wreckage of hundreds of ...
ABC News15d
Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte
Authorities in Mayotte, France's poorest territory, said many avoided emergency shelters out of fear of deportation, leaving them, and the shantytowns they live in, even more vulnerable to the cyclone ...