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

Mayotte has not yet recovered from the impact of Cyclone Chido, which ripped through the archipelago a month ago, causing ...

Tropical storm Dikeledi barrelled towards Mozambique on Monday after leaving three dead in Madagascar and triggering floods ...

Authorities will put the French overseas territory of Mayotte on red alert late on Saturday, Overseas Minister Manuel Valls ...

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.

Cyclone Chido, which struck on Dec. 14 and killed at least 39 people, is inflaming already dangerous tensions over immigration on Mayotte, an archipelago off Africa’s eastern coast.

Thousands are feared dead after a devastating 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago of Mayotte on Saturday, inflicting destruction that one resident likened to an atomic bomb.

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.

Authorities in Mayotte fear that the death toll from Cyclone Chido could reach hundreds or even thousands, despite the official count standing at 14 as of Monday morning. Chido tore through the ...