A horrific storm – the worst in nearly a century – ravaged the area. It leveled homes and wrecked infrastructure. In the aftermath, authorities weren’t responding fast enough to help survivors, who ...

A tropical storm was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday after causing torrential rains and flash floods that killed three people in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar ...

Overseas Territories Minister ... National weather bureau Météo France published its forecast saying cyclone Dikeledi would cross Madagascar during the course of the day and pass by ...

Dikeledi hit the northern coast of Madagascar as a cyclone on Saturday ... a month after the most devastating cyclone to hit France's poorest department in 90 years caused colossal damage in ...

PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Authorities will put the French overseas territory of Mayotte ... caused colossal damage in France's poorest department, killing at least 39 people and leaving thousands ...

Meteo-France ... Madagascar on Saturday evening before moving off the coast of southern Mayotte on Sunday, according to forecasts. "Nothing is being left to chance," Manuel Valls, France's new ...

It had hit Madagascar's northern tip as a cyclone ... passing Mayotte -- France's poorest department -- by about 100 kilometres (60 miles) at its closest point. Mayotte's prefect Francois-Xavier ...

It hit the northern coast of Madagascar as a cyclone ... left to chance," Manuel Valls, France's overseas territories minister, told AFP. Cyclone Chido, the most devastating storm to hit France's ...

Though Mayotte, the poorest department in France, has an official population ... Bruno Retailleau joined forces with Manuel Valls, the Overseas Territories Minister and the Armed Forces Minister ...