Hundreds of people are feared dead after Tropical Cyclone Chido carved a trail of destruction in the French territory of Mayotte when it made landfall at the weekend as a storm equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane.
Chido, the most intense storm on record to strike the island territory northeast of Madagascar, off Africa's southeastern coast, had sustained winds over 155 mph. It fell just short of being a Category 5 at peak intensity.
News reports Monday put the official death toll at 20. But a top government official on the island said the casualty count was expected to dramatically increase as authorities struggle to update the toll amid the damage.
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