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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Cyclone Idai in 2019 killed more than 1,300 people, mostly in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Cyclone Freddy left more than 1,000 dead across several countries in the Indian Ocean and southern ...

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.

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.

Authorities in Mayotte fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido, although the official death toll on Monday morning stood at 14.

Days after deadly storms broke France’s first heatwave of the summer - and the 50th since 1947 - forecasters are predicting ...

France’s Macron visits cyclone-wrecked Mayotte as residents beg for water, food and other aid By . Associated Press. Published Dec. 19, 2024, 1:09 p.m. ET.