Cyclone Chido uncovers tensions between locals and migrants in France…
4 days ago · MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — When Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure, it also exposed deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population.. Thousands of people who have entered the island illegally bore the brunt of the storm that tore through the Indian Ocean archipelago — France’s poorest territory.
France observes a day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in …
3 days ago · PARIS (AP) — France marked a day of mourning Monday for victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated its poorest territory, Mayotte, over a week ago.. The cyclone was the most destructive to hit Mayotte in 90 years and caused extensive damage to the island off Africa’s east coast. At least 35 deaths have been reported, with around 2,500 injured.
France holds day of mourning for Cyclone Chido's victims in Mayotte …
Mayotte was already France's most impoverished territory before the cyclone struck. Chido - the worst storm to hit the archipelago in 90 years - flattened areas where people live in shacks with ...
Cyclone on French Archipelago Exposes Resentments Over …
1 day ago · Mayotte, where nearly 80 percent of the residents live in poverty, is the poorest place in France. The people of Mayotte and Comoros share a common ancestry. However, in a decisive referendum in ...
France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still ...
Dec 18, 2024 · 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...
Mayotte: Cyclone Chido pummels French territory in Indian Ocean …
Dec 16, 2024 · Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday, inflicting devastation that one resident likened to an atomic bomb ...
France's Macron says tour of cyclone-devastated Mayotte is a …
Dec 19, 2024 · French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday surveyed the devastation that a cyclone wrought across the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte as thousands of people tried to cope without the bare essentials and amid fears of a surging death toll.
French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Mayotte days after
Dec 19, 2024 · French President Emmanuel Macron has met with residents of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, days after the French overseas territory was hit by a devastating cyclone.
France Rushes Aid to Mayotte, ‘Devastated’ by Cyclone - The …
Dec 17, 2024 · The authorities in the French archipelago of Mayotte introduced a curfew on Tuesday as they rushed to get food and water into the territory in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone that killed at...
Dozens killed by cyclone in Mayotte not thousands, French PM …
The confirmed death toll on Mayotte so far is 35 but, in the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, local prefect François-Xavier Bieuville feared that it would "definitely be several hundred" and ...