Cyclone Chido has devastated Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean. The cyclone is the strongest to strike the region in nearly a century. Local authorities fear the death toll could run into hundreds or even thousands.

At least 11 people were killed after a cyclone slammed into Mayotte, the most intense storm to hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago north of Madagascar in nearly a century, French weather forecasters and authorities said on Sunday.

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is "several hundred" and may run into the thousands.