Over Dozen Killed As Cyclone Hit Mayotte Region In France

European News — A security source informed the media on Sunday that 14 people were killed and 249 more were seriously injured by a Cyclone on the French island territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. The powerful hurricane progressed close to Mozambique's coast after wreaking havoc on Mayotte's shantytowns, the French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau warned that the final toll might be high. Damage to airports and electrical distribution will likely hamper the efforts of rescue workers and supplies being transported by air and sea in an area where even clean drinking water was already facing chronic shortages. Government officials in the French area in the Indian Ocean said Sunday that Cyclone Chido's route of devastation over Mayotte might kill "several hundred people.

"All stuff has been swept away, everything is destroyed," said one of the Cyclone victims, whose property was wrecked in the Kaweni neighborhood in Mamoudzou's east - France's largest shantytown.

UNICEF said that it was on the ground to help people hit by the storm, which had already inflicted substantial damage.

lot of homes, schools, and health facilities have been partially or completely destroyed and we are working closely with the government to ensure continuity of essential basic services," according to a press statement.

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Russian Air force Claims To Have obliterated ISIS Training Center In Deir Ezzor , Killing All Terrorists Inside It

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Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen their embassies shortly

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