Cyclone Chido! incredible Devastation of storm Chido that devastated Mayotte, France

Cyclone Chido! incredible Devastation of storm Chido that devastated Mayotte, France

Hurricane Chido in Mayotte, Local say The situation is deteriorating by the minute on the archipelago. The wind is strengthening dangerously as the cyclone approaches Chido . Thousands of homes are already without electricity and heavy damage has been reported.

"It's an unprecedented event, extremely violent, the winds may exceed 180 kilometres per hour," Governor Francois-Xavier Bieuville said.

As the cyclone approached the region, authorities asked all 320,000 residents to evacuate.

Raising the highest alert "entails the strict confinement of the entire population, including rescue and security services and all officials mobilised for crisis management," the local government wrote on social media.

The warning went into force at 7am , two hours before the eye of the storm was due to pass over northern Mayotte.

"This is serious. This is a situation that has never been seen before in Mayotte,"

Authorities have turned more than 70 schools and gyms into shelters, with priority given to the 100,000 residents living in the most vulnerable homes. "We are really scared," said a resident of the east coast village of Mazikavo-Koropa.

The storm was about 100 kilometers northeast of Mayotte at 6 a.m., forecasting "destructive or even destructive winds," weather service Météo France said.