Cyclone Chido has become the worst storm to impact the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 90 years. Here is more about the destruction caused by Chido and what may come ...

The French flag flew at half-mast on Monday, December 23, 2024, at the Elysée Palace in Paris, as French President Emmanuel Macron declared a day of national mourning for the lives lost when Cyclone ...

Emergency workers are searching for survivors and battling to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from Chido - the ...

This aerial view shows destroyed shelters and houses in Vahibe, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, Mayotte, on December 24, 2024, a week after the cyclone Chido's passage over the archipelago.

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.

Cyclone Chido began battering the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, after authorities issued the highest alert and ordered everyone, including rescue workers, to seek shelter.

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to a booing crowd in Mayotte, while touring the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido. "I had nothing to do with the cyclone," Macron said. "You can blame me ...