"It's a tragic day for La Réunion," solemnly declared the prefect of the French island, Patrice Latron ... est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil.

A disabling mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya has killed two elderly people in the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, local authorities said Friday. An 86-year-old and a 96-year-old ...

Cyclone Garance killed at least four people on France's Reunion Island authorities said on Saturday. The deadly storm hit the island early Friday triggering flash floods, mudslides and electrical ...

Reunion experienced a major outbreak in 2005 and 2006, when around 240,000 people were infected and 225 died. Until this current wave, no chikungunya cases had been recorded on the island since 2010.

At least three people died when cyclone Garance slammed into the French overseas territory of La Reunion on Friday with wind speeds of up to 155 kph (96 mph), Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said.

Garance – the equivalent of a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane – made landfall on the northern coast of the mountainous island, France’s meteorological agency said. Garance is the strongest ...

PARIS (AP) — French police said at least three people were killed when a tropical storm packing fierce winds and torrential rains thumped the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Friday.