France rushes in help to Mayotte to support rescue operations after devastating Cyclone

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French authorities said more than 800 more personnel were expected to arrive in the coming days as rescuers comb through the devastation caused by Chido when it hit the densely populated archipelago of around 300,000 people on Saturday.

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00:00France's Interior Minister Bruno Retaillot arrived in Mamoutsou, the capital of the French

00:07Overseas Territory of Mayotte, after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly

00:12a century. He told rescue staff that all means would be mobilized to help people, including

00:19by ship and military aircraft.

00:21The official death toll stood at 14 on Monday, but authorities in Mayotte fear hundreds of

00:52thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido. Entire neighbourhoods have been flattened

00:58and public infrastructure like the main airport and hospital have been badly damaged, further

01:03complicating the response.

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