Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory ... Tree branches that had withstood the 200 kph (124 mph) winds were festooned with clothing tossed up by the cyclone. The death toll in continental Africa, where the storm hit after passing through Mayotte ...

An overnight curfew goes into force Tuesday evening as Mayotte struggles to recover from Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years.

Hundreds are feared dead after the storm razed entire neighborhoods in Mayotte, a series of islands off the eastern coast of Africa, before unleashing its destructive force on Mozambique.