Saint-Denis de la Reunion, Dec 16, 2024 (AFP) - Rescuers race to France's Mayotte as hundreds feared dead in cyclone

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2024-12-16

Rescuers raced against time Monday to reach survivors and supply urgent aid after a devastating cyclone ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, destroying homes across the islands, with hundreds feared dead. Images from Mayotte, which like other French overseas territories is an integral part of France and ruled from Paris, showed scenes of devastation, with homes reduced to piles of rubble. The crisis, which erupted at the w......

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