Bruno Retailleau arrived in Mamoudzou, the capital of the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, as authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido.

A powerful cyclone has struck Mayotte, causing widespread concern over potential devastation in the French territory as officials describe it as the most severe storm to hit the French

Emergency workers raced on Monday to restore basic services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the most powerful cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean island in nearly a century.

The death toll from a cyclone which hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday is likely to be several hundred, a local official has warned. Entire communities were flattened when Cyclone Chido made landfall,

Several hundred people are feared dead on Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido slammed the archipelago over the weekend, Mayotte Prefect François-Xavier Bieuville said Sunday.