Cyclone Chido was the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least 90 years. When the cyclone slammed into the French overseas department in December, it packed winds of more than 200km per hour ...

Residents whose homes have been destroyed by the Chido cyclone stand in front of a damaged building in the village of Sohoa, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on January 6 ...

A classroom of the destroyed Cavani primary school in the capital Mamoudzou on December 14, 2024 after the cyclone Chido hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. [Photo, AFP] Rescuers were ...

The tropical cyclone left more than 180,000 homes without ... were on standby to be dispatched from the French territory of Mayotte nearly 1,500km (930 miles) away when conditions eased, as ...

During the passage of the cyclone on Friday ... and military personnel were to be sent in over the weekend from Mayotte, a French territory nearly 1,500 kilometres away, and from mainland France ...

Reunion island is located about 930 miles to the southeast of the French territory of Mayotte, an island group off Africa, which was hit in December by the worst cyclone in nearly a century ...

Hundreds of thousands were displaced by climate disasters in 2024, according to the UN, underscoring the growing need for worldwide early warning systems to protect vulnerable communities.

The first of this cyclone season -- which typically runs ... killing at least 120 people after tearing through the French territory of Mayotte. Dikeledi made landfall in January, claiming ...

He had witnessed the tropical cyclone Chido crawling over the rooftops of houses he had always known. On December 14, 2024, after devastating the island of Mayotte, the cyclone hit the islands of ...