France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in a century.

The French territory of Mayotte is on red alert again with another cyclone heading toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in ... Most Read Nation & World Stories.

Of the estimated 20,000 inhabitants of Kawéni, in the French overseas department of Mayotte, only 5,000 reportedly reached shelters before cyclone Chido swept through the area.

Cyclone Chido map: ‘Horrific’ devastation as French island Mayotte hit by most powerful cyclone in 90 years. Shweta Sharma. December 16, 2024 at 5:11 AM. Copied; ...