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French government's plan to rebuild Mayotte does not go far enough, says Le Pen

National Rally chief Marine Le Pen on Sunday branded as insufficient French government plans to rebuild Mayotte following the devastation left on the Indian Ocean archipelago by Cyclone Chido on 9 December.

Radio France Internationale

Cyclone-hit Mayotte reopens airport but displaced families remain in limbo

Mayotte’s airport has reopened to commercial flights, allowing civilians to return to the French Indian Ocean archipelago more than two weeks after it was devastated by Cyclone Chido. Thousands of families who lost their homes in the storm are being forced to leave emergency shelters but have nowhere to go.

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French PM Bayrou unveils ‘Mayotte standing’ reconstruction plan

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has presented a plan to help aid the reconstruction for the Indian Ocean territory that was devastated by a powerful cyclone a fortnight ago.

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French prime minister unveils recovery plan for devastated Mayotte after Cyclone Chido

French Prime Minister François Bayrou arrived Monday in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to unveil a recovery plan three weeks after Cyclone Chido brought devastation

The Independent UK

French PM Bayrou promises 'concrete' aid and two-year reconstruction of Mayotte

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has promised that Mayotte, the French overseas department that was destroyed by a cyclone, will be rebuilt within two years. His visit to the island in the Indian Ocean comes amid growing frustration that it has been forgotten by subsequent governments in mainland France.

Radio France Internationale

French Premier Promises Concrete Aid For Cyclone-hit Mayotte

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrived in Mayotte on Monday, vowing to bring help to the Indian Ocean territory ravaged by Cyclone Chido.

International Business Times

Tables turned as Comoros offers lifeline to Mayotte's cyclone survivors

Volunteers in the Comoros islands are working around the clock to support survivors fleeing Cyclone Chido in Mayotte as political tensions simmer between France and the Comoros over migration.

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France sends top ministers to assess cyclone damage in Mayotte

Prime Minister François Bayrou and two senior ministers will travel to Mayotte on Sunday to assess the devastating impact of Cyclone Chido, which struck the French Indian Ocean territory on 14 December.

Radio France Internationale

Mayotte Faces Environment, Biodiversity Crisis After Cyclone

Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and biodiversity crisis that could last for a decade or more, scientists say.

International Business Times

'Dangerous New Era': Climate Change Spurs Disaster In 2024

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

International Business Times

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Radio France Internationale

Cyclone-hit Mayotte struggles to recover amid food and water shortages

Ten days after Cyclone Chido struck the French overseas territory of Mayotte, the archipelago is struggling to recover from ongoing shortages as authorities announce the closure of temporary shelters on 31 December.

Radio France Internationale

Ravaged forest threatens Mayotte's biodiversity, economy and food security

In the wake of Cyclone Chido, the worst natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years, Mayotte's forests have been devastated – and with them the island's biodiversity, food security and local economy.

Radio France Internationale

France's Prime Minister Bayrou names new cabinet

France's Prime minister François Bayrou unveiled his top ministers on Monday night after protracted talks with party chiefs across the political spectrum.

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France Mourns Cyclone Chido Victims In Mayotte

France mourns victims of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, with devastating impact on the island. President Macron expresses solidarity. International community of...

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France observes a national day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte

France has marked a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which devastated the French overseas department of Mayotte earlier this month

Radio France Internationale

Day of mourning in France for Mayotte destroyed by cyclone

In its first day of national mourning declared for a climate-related disaster, France will pay its respects to those in the overseas territory Mayotte killed by Tropical Cyclone Chido which swept through the island last week destroying everything in its path.

The Independent UK

Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte

Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population

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Macron returns to political uncertainty after Mayotte, East Africa visit

President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as France remains in political deadlock, awaiting the appointment of a new government.

International Business Times

France Awaits Appointment Of New Government

President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as a France racked by political deadlock awaited the appointment of a new government.

The Independent UK

Emmanuel Macron accused of ‘racist and sexist’ comments

The French president has also been criticised for his exchanges with residents in Mayotte after the island near Madagascar was devastated by cyclone Chido

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Mayotte Struggles To Recover After Devastating Cyclone

Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, grapples with devastation post-Cyclone Chido, needing urgent aid and support.

The Independent UK

France's Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals

A week after Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte, France’s poorest territory, the island remains in crisis

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Cyclone Chido's devastation of Mayotte was immediate and decades coming

The devastation from Cyclone Chido that shattered corrugated metal shacks and thousands of lives on the island of Mayotte was both immediate and long coming.

The Conversation

Climate, migration and conflict mix to create ‘deadly’ intense tropical storms like Chido

Cyclone Chido was an “intense tropical cyclone”, equivalent to a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic. It made landfall in Mayotte, a small island lying to the north-west of Madagascar on December 14, generating wind gusts approaching 155mph (250km/hr). Later on, it hit Mozambique, East Africa with the same ferocity.

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