Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms.

Human-driven climate change contributed to the intensity of Cyclone Chido as it crossed Mayotte in the Indian Ocean before striking the northern Mozambique coast, separate research institutes in the United Kingdom and the United States said.

If not for warmer oceans driven by climate change, Chido would have been just a Category 3 cyclone. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The most catastrophic cyclone to hit the French archipelago of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 90 years has possibly left hundreds dead.

Tropical Cyclone Chido ripped through the French archipelago of Mayotte as the equivalent of a major hurricane, destroying neighborhoods, likely killing hundreds and leaving the island in a state of unprecedented crisis.