French President Emmanuel Macron has met with residents of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, days after the French overseas territory was hit by a devastating cyclone. At least 31 people have been confirmed dead so far,

French President Emmanuel Macron met with locals on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte during his visit on Thursday to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido. In Pamandzi, Macron spoke to residents whose homes were wrecked in the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century.

French President Emmanuel Macron has faced jeers from locals on the cyclone-battered French overseas territory of Mayotte, telling them they should be “happy to be in France, because if it wasn’t France you’d be 10,

People in storm-ravaged Mayotte implored French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to do more to help as he toured the overseas territory, where scores are feared dead in the rubble left by Cyclone Chido.

Many fear hundreds, or even thousands, were killed after the storm devastated the island last Saturday. View on euronews

Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population

By Tassilo Hummel MAMOUDZOU (Reuters) -Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in "deeper shit" without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago.