French military troops deliver 120 tonnes of aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido battered the Indian Ocean Island on Saturday causing widespread destruction. It comes just one day before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled arrival at the French overseas department on Thursday.
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00:00French military troops delivered 120 tons of aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido devastated
00:08the Indian Ocean island.
00:10The shipment contained canned food and clean drinking water to address the most pressing
00:14needs of Mayotte's inhabitants.
00:17Chido brought wind speeds exceeding 220 kilometers per hour as it made landfall on Saturday.
00:25Authorities say the official death toll currently stands at 31, but hundreds are already fighting
00:29the fear dead.
00:32Thousands are still missing and rescue workers say the stench of decaying bodies is overwhelming.
00:38Some 1,500 people were injured as Chido slammed the island.
00:42More than 200 of them are in critical condition.
00:47Local officials say a third of the archipelago's 300,000 population are still living in a quote
00:52precarious situation.
00:55French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Mayotte on Thursday.
01:00His visit aims to show solidarity with the French Overseas Department's residents.