France observes a day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido …
3 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.
Cyclone Chido's devastation of Mayotte was immediate and …
5 days ago · The devastation from Cyclone Chido that shattered corrugated metal shacks and thousands of lives on the island of Mayotte was both immediate and long coming. Residents of Mayotte, one of 12 tiny overseas territories remaining from one of the great global empires, have complained for decades of neglect by bureaucrats in France.
Mayotte: Cyclone Chido pummels French territory in Indian …
Dec 16, 2024 · Thousands are feared dead after a devastating 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago of Mayotte on Saturday, inflicting destruction that one resident likened to an atomic bomb....
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.
Thousands feared dead after Cyclone Chido hits French overseas ...
Dec 16, 2024 · Rescue workers were rushing Monday to reach the remote French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after the archipelago was devastated by Cyclone Chido, the worst storm to hit the region in...
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.
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.
France holds day of mourning for Cyclone Chido's victims in …
It is feared hundreds, possibly thousands, of people died when Chido made landfall off Africa's south-east coast on 14 December, bringing winds of up to 260 km/h (160mph) and 250mm of rainfall in ...