French President Emmanuel Macron landed in the storm-ravaged islands of Mayotte on Thursday, as heavy rains piled more misery on an estimated 100,000 people left homeless by Cyclone Chido. Thousands are feared dead,

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the French territory of Mayotte on Thursday to assess damage from the most powerful storm to hit the area in nearly a century.

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido. Macron will on Thursday overfly the area for an aerial appraisal of the damage before visiting the hospital.