France is rushing rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte after the island group off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people died when Cyclone Chido leveled neighborhoods on Saturday. Mayotte is the poorest territory of France and the European Union, and its people have accused French authorities of neglect. France's health minister has said any death toll estimates are likely major undercounts “compared to the scale of the disaster.” But the Muslim practice of burial within 24 hours could mean the true toll might never be known.
