December 16, 2024 10:37 AM

Hundreds, possibly thousands, feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte

 Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior local French official said on Sunday. "I think there will certainly be several hundreds, maybe we will reach a thousand, even several thousands," prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville said on local media channel Mayotte La 1ere. Asked about the death toll from Cyclone Chido, the French interior ministry said "it wi...