Mayotte was placed on a red weather alert from 1900 GMT on Saturday in anticipation of the passage of Cyclone Dikeledi to the south of the territory. Authorities called for "extreme vigilance ...

It hit the northern coast of Madagascar as a cyclone on Saturday evening and weakened into a severe tropical storm but is expected to regain intensity as it moves toward Mayotte. It could be ...

However, forecasters expect the cyclone to weaken on Saturday night "to the stage of a strong tropical storm, before moving off the coast of southern Mayotte during the day on Sunday".

Mayotte was placed on an orange weather alert in anticipation of the passage of Cyclone Dikeledi to the south of the territory. Authorities called for "extreme vigilance" following the devastation ...

Mayotte's population stands officially at 320,000, but there are an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 more undocumented inhabitants living in shanty towns that were destroyed by the cyclone in December.

But despite all the efforts to move forward, a grim question hangs over this deeply impoverished archipelago: Exactly how many people died in Cyclone Chido? The day after the disaster, France’s ...

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MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte — Residents of the French territory of Mayotte prepared Sunday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods less than a month after the Indian Ocean archipelago was ...

"We can't afford not to, given the situation, given the state of Mayotte after the passage of cyclone Chido,” he said. In mid-December, Chido, the most devastating cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 ...

Tropical storm Dikeledi barrelled towards Mozambique on Monday after leaving three dead in Madagascar and triggering floods in the French territory of Mayotte, less than a month after the cyclone ...

The Mayotte prefecture said in a statement it had triggered a cyclone pre-alert as of 0800 GMT on Friday as Storm Dikeledi was due to cross Madagascar on Saturday before heading eastwards.