A soldier looks at damages in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities on Sunday Dec. 15, 2024.

France’s Macron visits cyclone-wrecked Mayotte as residents urge for water, food and other aid. French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte to survey ...

Debris of metal sheets, wood, furniture and belongings is seen after Cyclone Chido hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Dec. 15, 2024. KWEZI/AFP/Getty "There's no roof, there's nothing.

Adrienne Surprenant. A young girl walks in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, after Cyclone Chido.

A visit to the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte, which were struck by Cyclone Chido last weekend, reveals the devastating toll of the storm on an impoverished territory that belongs to France.

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in a century.