Cyclone Chido made landfall in Mozambique early Sunday December 15, around 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the northern city of Pemba, with the UN's agency Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),

Tropical Cyclone Chido, which hit northern Mozambique on Sunday, has left 15 people dead and about 172,000 homeless, according to the country's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD).

Cyclone Chido makes landfall in Mozambique after leaving trail of destruction in French-administered Mayotte.

Cyclone Chido claimed at least three lives in northern Mozambique on Sunday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain that destroyed several buildings, according to a provisional toll, after inflicting major death and destruction in France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.