DESASTRE
Varias centenas de muertos por un ciclón em Mayote
December 16, 2024 - Los servicios de rescate buscan sobrevivientes después de que el ciclón más potente en casi un siglo devastó el archipiélago francés de Mayotte en el Océano Índico
Parts of the islands, which were struck by Cyclone Chido over the weekend with winds of more than 200km/h. remain inaccessible to rescue workers, Reuters reports.
The storm was the strongest to strike Mayotte in more than 90 years, French weather service Meteo France said. It has a population of about 321,000 and is made up of two main islands over an area about twice the size of Washington DC.
Rapid intensification of cyclones is also more likely with higher sea temperatures and so the fact that this storm strengthened so quickly may have been partly due to climate change, BBC reports.