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Mayotte before and after: satellite images show destruction by Cyclone Chido

This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Dzaoudzi Port on the French Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after Cyclone Chido, on 16 December 2024.
This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Dzaoudzi Port on the French Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after Cyclone Chido, on 16 December 2024. Photograph: AP

Satellite images have laid bare the scale of the damage to the Mayotte archipelago after Cyclone Chido made landfall on Saturday.

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people are feared dead in the French Indian Ocean territory after its worst cyclone in nearly a century. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said he would declare a national mourning period and planned to visit in the coming days after “this tragedy that has shaken each of us”.

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