Communities were flattened when the cyclone swept across of area on Saturday, with gusts of more than 225km/h (140mph)
Communities were flattened when the cyclone swept across of area on Saturday, with gusts of more than 225km/h Communities were flattened when the cyclone swept across the area on Saturday , with gusts of wind reaching more than 225km/h .
The ministry said it was proving difficult to get a precise tally of the dead and injured and Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville said the number of dead could rise to thousands due to the “violence of this event.” The French interior ministry said “it will be difficult to account for all victims” and that it could not say how many had been killed at this stage.He said: “My thoughts are with our compatriots in Mayotte, who have gone through the most horrific few hours, and who have, for some, lost everything, lost their lives.”
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