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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gerald Imray

Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French territory off Africa

APTOPIX Mayotte Cyclone Chido - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in nearly a century last month.

The Prefecture of Mayotte said the red alert warning was issued at 10 p.m. local time in preparation for the arrival of Cyclone Dikeledi, which made landfall in northern Madagascar earlier Saturday and was moving west toward Mayotte.

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