The French territory of Mayotte is on red alert again with another cyclone heading toward the islands off Africa that were ...

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.

However, it is France’s poorest region, and an estimated third of the population live in shanty towns. The cyclone has also impacted surrounding nations in southeastern Africa, bringing heavy ...

France mobilized emergency aid on Monday, deploying ships and military aircraft to assist Mayotte, its overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, after the island was devastated by its most severe ...

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.

Aid is arriving from France and international organizations. Rescue workers attempt to clear a blocked road, in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido (Reuters photo) French authorities reported that ...

In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the undocumented immigrants who had settled there from neighboring islands.

However, he could not confirm the figure. He said that this was the worst cyclone to have fit France in the past 90 years. The French Interior Ministry confirmed at least 11 deaths and more than ...

"If this wasn't France, you would be 10,000 times more screwed," he added to gasps, using an expletive. He arrived in the French Indian Ocean territory on Thursday, five days after Cyclone Chido ...

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its tiny Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in ...