Residents of the Comoros are desperate for news of loved ones in neighbouring Mayotte, where Cyclone Chido is feared to have killed hundreds and much of the population is Comoran. - 'No news' - The ...

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 ...

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More than three-quarters of Mayotte's 321,000 people live in relative poverty. French President Emmanuel Macron has met officials ((Mon)) to discuss responses to the aftermath of the cyclone.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chido was the most intense tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in the French territory of Mayotte, an archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The atmospheric river is expected to ...

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 ...