Mayotte: Survivors describe cyclone horror

The BBC hears how roofs flew off homes as people sheltered inside in the cyclone-hit French territory.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewsletters'I'd rather die than leave my mum': Survivors describe Mayotte cyclone horrorBBC/Ed HabershonZinedane Mohamed's family "lost everything" during in Cyclone ChidoOn the night Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Zinedine was in his home, a small house made of corrugated iron and wood where he lives with eight of his relatives.

Zinedine had received a warning from the authorities about the cyclone, but he didn't take it too seriously.

"I thought it was like in previous years when they warned that a cyclone was coming but it would just be a bit of rain. So we stayed home."

This time however the island was about to be hit by winds of more than 124mph (200km/h) - the strongest cyclone to hit the island in almost a century

So far 31 people are known to have died, according to French officials, and thousands more feared missing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2yny8449ko

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