Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior local French official said on Sunday.

By Michel Rose and Abdou Moustoifa PARIS/MORONI (Reuters) -Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte,

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido could be 'several hundred' and may be close to 1,000, the island's top government official told the local broadcaster Sunday. The cyclone went on to hit northern Mozambique,