Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the weekend. Now the aftermath of Cyclone Chido has led to accusations that Paris has neglected its far-flung overseas territories,

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.

The horrific damage caused by Cyclone Chido is due to decades of official neglect of infrastructure and the overt, fascistic contempt of the French government for its overseas territory.

The Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte is reeling from Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to hit the French territory in 90 years, according to officials

Relatives of families struggling after Cyclone Chido ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte expressed helplessness Wednesday, a day before France’s president and another 180 tons of aid

Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the weekend.

Thousands of people are waiting for aid and supplies after Cyclone Chido devastated the island of Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean territory. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the death toll is still unknown but could be upwards of thousands.

The aftermath of Cyclone Chido has led to accusations that Paris has neglected its far-flung overseas territories like Mayotte, which was already struggling with problems including poverty, leaving them with little protection when natural disasters strike.

The authorities in the French archipelago of Mayotte introduced a curfew on Tuesday as they rushed to get food and water into the territory in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone that killed at least 22 people and flattened entire neighborhoods.