"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday surveyed the devastation that a cyclone wrought across the Indian Ocean ...

France marked a day of mourning Monday for victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated its poorest territory, Mayotte, over a ...

France ramped up its relief operations to its cyclone-devastated overseas territory of Mayotte, with 120 tonnes of food due ...

The cyclone further exacerbated the island’s issues after destroying ... Credit: AP/Adrienne Surprenant Such concerns are not ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to strike Mayotte in 90 years, has left "several hundred," possibly thousands, dead in the French territory, devastating an already fragile island chain ...

Chido had proved to be "the most violent and destructive cyclone we've seen since 1934," he added. France's newly-installed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who has yet to name his cabinet ...

Mayotte is France’s poorest department and is regarded ... Mayotte was directly in the cyclone’s path, though, and took the brunt. Chido brought winds in excess of 220 kph (136 mph), according ...