France is rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean that has been shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.

In the worst cyclone to have hit the French overseas territory of Mayotte in 90 years, Prefect François-Xavier Bieuville said he expected the final death toll to reach ‘close to a thousand or even sev

Rescuers raced against time Monday to reach survivors after a devastating cyclone ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, destroying homes across the islands, with hundreds feared dead.