(18 Dec 2024)
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Mayotte, France – 18 December 2024
1. Wide of Mayotte main island seen from aircraft arriving at Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport
2. Military aircraft at airport
3. Troops disembarking aircraft
4. Various of troops collecting bags on arrival
5. Airport workers
6. Military cargo plane
7. Tracking shot from vehicle heading to port
8. Passengers disembarking a ferry travelling from main island
STORYLINE:
French troops continue to arrive to join the relief effort on the French Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte which were devastated by a cyclone last weekend.
The cyclone on Saturday was the deadliest storm to strike the territory in nearly a century. It devastated entire neighborhoods on the collection of islands with winds that exceeded 220 kph (136 mph), according to the French weather service. Many people had ignored cyclone warnings, thinking the storm would not be so extreme.
French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday said more than 1,500 people were injured, including more than 200 critically, but authorities fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died.
Some survivors and aid groups have described hasty burials, the stench of bodies and the devastation of precarious informal settlements whose population of migrants makes it even more challenging to determine the number of dead.
Mayotte, off Africa’s east coast, is France’s poorest territory and a magnet for migrants hoping to reach Europe.
France’s president Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Thursday, flying in with aid to the island at the eye of Cyclone Chido.
AP video by Sam Mednick
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