New French PM vows to restore power, ban shantytowns in storm-hit Mayotte
Paris, France Reuters New French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday that power will be restored to all households on the storm-ravaged Mayotte archipelago by the end of January, while the rebuilding of its shantytowns will not be permitted. The slow pace of aid and delays in the arrival of clean water and electricity […]
French officials raise Mayotte death toll to 39 after Storm Chido
Paris, France Reuters French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35, about 10 days after the islands were battered by a devastating cyclone. People clean the debris around the destroyed houses in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido, in Mamoudzou, Mayotte, France on 20th December, 2024. PICTURE: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes. Authorities have said […]
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte islands devastated by cyclone
Paris, France/Pamandzi, Mayotte Reuters France held a national day of mourning for Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory devastated by a violent cyclone on 14th December, beginning in the morning on Monday with a minute of silence for the scores of residents left dead by the storm. Cyclone Chido was the worst storm to hit Mayotte’s […]
Mozambique’s death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 94, AFP reports
Reuters Mozambique’s death toll from Cyclone Chido has risen to 94, news agency AFP said on Sunday, citing the country’s disaster management agency. The cyclone had made landfall in northern Mozambique a week ago and Mozambique’s institute for natural disasters on Thursday had given the death toll at 73. People stand amid destroyed buildings, uprooted […]
Macron swears in angry exchange with residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte
Mamoudzou, Mayotte Reuters Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in “deeper s***” without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago. Nearly a week after the storm hit, the lack of potable water was testing nerves in France’s poorest overseas territory. […]
As Cyclone Chido waned, baby Chido was born in Mayotte home
Kahani, Mayotte Reuters Early last Sunday, after a night spent working at a small Mayotte maternity ward as a vicious storm devastated the French islands, midwife Lucie Gerard learned that a stranded woman was giving birth in a nearby home. After a 20-minute dash through the debris-strewn streets, she arrived at the house, only to […]
Mayotte residents demand more help from Macron after deadly cyclone
Mamoudzou, Mayotte Reuters People in storm-ravaged Mayotte implored French President Emmanuel Macron to do more to help on Thursday as he toured the overseas territory where scores are feared dead in the rubble left by Cyclone Chido. Some in the crowds that gathered outside the airport booed the presidential motorcade, while others said they were […]
Destruction omnipresent in Mayotte, less so the French state, locals say
Doujani, Mayotte, France Reuters The destruction wreaked by cyclone Chido on Mayotte can be seen across France’s Indian Ocean archipelago. In the hillside shantytowns where the storm hit hardest, police, emergency workers and French officials are harder to find, locals said. The sound of hammers and saws was omnipresent on Wednesday, as people rushed to […]
France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
Mamoudzou, Mayotte Reuters Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone Chido, more than four days after it swept through the Indian Ocean archipelago, causing mayhem and killing possibly thousands. Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, is home to large numbers of undocumented migrants whose shanty […]
Mayotte authorities fear hunger, disease after cyclone; death toll rises in Mozambique
Pamandzi, Mayotte Reuters Authorities in Mayotte struggled on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend’s devastating cyclone, while Mozambique reported dozens of deaths from the storm. Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in Mayotte, which took the strongest hit from Cyclone Chido, French officials […]