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MIRERENI, Mayotte (AP) — Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the French territory in nearly a century.

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MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to survey Cyclone Chido’s destruction and was immediately confronted with a first-hand account of devastation across the French territor

Winds are expected to ease Thursday afternoon.

The highway was closed for just over 12 hours.

The Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte is reeling from Cyclone Chido , the most intense storm to hit the French territory in 90 years.

British Columbia's government expects to plant nearly 60 million fewer trees next year — a 23 per cent drop from this year's planting season.

OTTAWA — The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday — though officials maintain that target date was always the goal.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck off Vanuatu killed at least 14 people , injured hundreds more and caused widespread damage across the South Pacific island nation , officials said early Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — Another storm is rolling off the Pacific, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to British Columbia's coast and a blanket of snow to the Interior.