Paris/Moroni Reuters — Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend’s devastating cyclone, while Mozambique reported dozens of deaths from the storm. Drone footage from Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, already experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to an Islamist insurgency, showed razed thatched-roof houses near the …
Officials report at least 11 deaths, but final toll in island territory could be far higher. Cyclone Chido, the severest storm to hit the French archipelago Mayotte in 90 years, may have killed “several hundred” people according to authorities. “For the toll, it’s going to be complicated, because Mayotte is a Muslim land where the dead are buried within 24 …
