As Mayotte prepares to mark one year since the French island department was hit by Cyclone Chido, recovery has been hampered by soaring costs, supply bottlenecks and stretched public finances. With ...

MAMOUDZOU, Dec 10, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The annual rainy season is already battering Mayotte, but the French Indian Ocean archipelago has barely managed to patch up homes and buildings that Cyclone Chido ...

Thousands are feared dead after a devastating 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago of Mayotte on Saturday, ...

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.

Residents of Mayotte have spoken of "apocalyptic scenes" caused by the worst storm in 90 years to hit the French Indian Ocean territory. Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph) ...

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — One week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, and a day after a testy presidential visit, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still grappling ...

Rescue workers continued to search for survivors in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory, on Monday in the aftermath of the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in nearly a century.

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte - The death toll from Cyclone Chido's rampage through the French overseas territory of Mayotte remained unclear on Wednesday, with shantytowns that were home to undocumented ...