Cyclone Chido deaths rise in south-east Africa as Mayotte toll remains unclear
Powerful storm in drought-hit region confirmed to have killed 45 people in Mozambique and 13 in Malawi
The death toll from Cyclone Chido has continued to rise, with authorities confirming that 45 people were killed in Mozambique and 13 in Malawi.
French officials said the number of deaths on the Mayotte archipelago remained unclear, having previously expressed fears that hundreds, possibly thousands, of people were killed in slums flattened by the storm. So far, 22 deaths and 1,500 injuries, 200 of them critical, have been confirmed.
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