A powerful tropical storm is heading toward Africa's east coast, prompting widespread evacuations and emergency alerts across the Indian Ocean region as authorities brace for significant damage.

Unusually warm ocean temperatures contributed to Cyclone Chido’s intensification. Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index: Ocean (Ocean CSI), which quantifies the influence of climate change on sea ...

Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to strike Mayotte in 90 years, has left "several hundred," possibly thousands, dead in the French territory, devastating an already fragile island chain grappling ...

Officials are assessing damage after Cyclone Chido devastated the island of Mayotte over the weekend. The worst storm to hit the Indian Ocean islands in approximately 100 years, Chido's 124 mph winds ...

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte — When Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure, it also exposed deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population. Thousands of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1,000, the island’s top government official told the local ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is "several hundred" and may run into the thousands, the island's top government official told a local broadcaster Sunday. France ...

MORONI, Comoros (AP) — Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving several people dead, officials said Saturday, as the storm roared toward ...

France mobilized emergency aid on Monday, deploying ships and military aircraft to assist Mayotte, its overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, after the island was devastated by its most severe storm ...

Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving several people dead, officials said Saturday, as the storm roared toward the east coast of Africa.