‘Several hundred’ could be dead after Cyclone Chido hits France’s Mayotte

A photo provided by NGO Medecins du Monde shows a devastated hill on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities [Medecins du Monde via AP]

Cyclone Chido, the severest storm to hit the French archipelago Mayotte in 90 years, may have killed “several hundred” people according to authorities.

Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville told the local broadcaster Mayotte La 1ere that the death toll could be in the thousands. He said he could not provide a specific figure.