MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its tiny Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died.
Survivors wandered through streets littered with debris, searching for water and shelter after Cyclone Chido leveled entire neighborhoods when it hit Mayotte, France’s poorest department, on Saturday.
“Chaos” is how resident Fahar Abdoulhamidi described the aftermath. In Mamoudzou, Mayotte’s capital, destruction was total: Schools, hospitals, restaurants, and government offices were in ruins.
Hillside villages were reduced to a jumble of
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