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Cyclone-hit Mayotte struggles to recover amid food and water shortages

People line up to collect water in Barakani, Mayotte, on 21 December, 2024. © Adrienne Surprenant / AP

Ten days after Cyclone Chido struck the French overseas territory of Mayotte, the archipelago is struggling to recover from ongoing shortages as authorities announce the closure of temporary shelters on 31 December.

A field hospital on a football pitch – close to the only hospital, in its capital Mamoudzou, which was severely damaged by the cyclone – began treating patients on Tuesday, 24 December.

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