Hundreds of deaths feared after Cyclone Chido over the French island group of Mayotte

Mamoudzou – Hundreds of deaths are suspected in the French overseas territory of Mayotte after the violent cyclone Chido in the Indian Ocean. Local prefect François-Xavier Bieuville told the broadcaster Mayotte the 1steven a day after the storm there are still no final official death figures. But he said: “I think there are certainly several hundred.” A thousand people may have died. More than 250 people were injured.