The French territory of Mayotte issued a red alert and people were ordered to stay in their homes or find a solid shelter, ...

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies to Mayotte on Monday after the tiny French island territory off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

Cyclone Chido is the latest in a string of storms worldwide fuelled by climate change, according to experts. Mayotte is France's poorest region, with an estimated one third of the population ...