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Hundreds of people are feared dead in Mayotte after the French Indian Ocean territory was devastated by a powerful cyclone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rescue workers, including reinforcements from France, are combing through the debris searching for survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entire settlements were flattened when Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km\/h (140mph), with the poorest living in makeshift shelters particularly hard hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Widespread damage to infrastructure – including downed power lines and impassable roads – has severely hindered emergency operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of Mayotte’s population of 320,000 have said they are struggling with severe shortages of food, water and shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One resident of the capital city, Mamoudzou, waiting in line for supplies said: “We’ve had no water for three days now, so it’s starting to be a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’re trying to get the bare minimum to live on, because we don’t know when the water will come back.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another Mamoudzou resident, John Balloz, said he was surprised he did not die when the cyclone struck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was the wind, the wind blowing, and I was panicked, I screamed, ‘We need help, we need help.’ I was screaming because I could see the end coming for me,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mohamed Ishmael, who also lives in the capital,told Reuters news agency the situation there was “a tragedy” and said: “You feel like you are in the aftermath of a nuclear war\u2026 I saw an entire neighbourhood disappear.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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