France, Mayotte and Cyclone Chido

Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths a rift between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte
Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte's infrastructure but also laid bare tensions between the island's residents and its migrant population.
France observes a national day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte
France has marked a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated the French overseas department of Mayotte earlier this month
Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte
Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte islands devastated by cyclone
France held a national day of mourning for Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory devastated by a violent cyclone on Dec. 14, beginning in the morning on Monday with a minute of silence for the scores of residents left dead by the storm.
France’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
French authorities continued to enforce an overnight curfew on the cyclone-hit island of Mayotte on Friday night as they sought to stabilize territory in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years.
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte cyclone dead
France is holding a day of national mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte earlier this month. French President Emmanuel Macron led Monday's tribute by holding a minute's silence for the storm's victims.
France’s Macron says tour of cyclone-devastated Mayotte is a day he won’t forget
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by ...
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‘It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte’: Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
Aerial footage from France’s military showed villages reduced to rubble. These neighborhoods are home to many of the roughly 100,000 undocumented migrants who live in Mayotte, according to ...
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France rushes help to Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands died in Cyclone Chido
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its ...
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France Rushes Aid to Mayotte After Cyclone Chido Leaves Hundreds Feared Dead
France Rushes Aid to Mayotte After Cyclone Chido Leaves Hundreds Feared Dead MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies to Mayotte on ...
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France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, is home to large numbers of undocumented migrants whose shanty towns were flattened by the storm, and many areas remain inaccessible, further ...
France's PM Bayrou to visit cyclone-hit Mayotte Sunday and Monday
François Bayrou has faced criticism for attending a town hall meeting in his home city of Pau, where he is the mayor, while ...
French officials raise Mayotte death toll to 39 after Storm Chido
French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35, about 10 days after the islands were battered by a ...
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Clock ticks down on France government nomination
The clock ticked Monday for French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint the fourth government in a year marked by a deepening ...