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.

Study links climate change to the increased intensity of Cyclone Chido, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit Mayotte.