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.

The district of La Vigie on the French overseas territory of Mayotte was until last week a bustling hub of life. Now it no longer exists.

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.

"What I fear is that the toll will be far too high," French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, who visited Mayotte on Monday ... principal of a middle school in Pamandzi, Morgane Renard ...

Authorities in France’s Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte said the death toll from the powerful Cyclone Chido that hit the island over the weekend is likely to be very high—between ...

On the night Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Zinedine was in his home, a small house made of ...

Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in Mayotte, which took the strongest ... a sports teacher at the Bouéni M'titi-Labattoir middle school in the town of Dzaouzi when asked about the fate ...

High birthrates and immigration have turned Mayotte, France's poorest overseas ... killed a teacher and fellow student at her Wisconsin school this week was in contact with a California man ...

PARIS/MORONI (Reuters) -Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend's devastating ...