Thousands were feared dead on Monday, after Cyclone Chido tore through Mayotte, a French Indian Ocean territory, leaving swaths of the population cut off.Wooden beams from collapsed buildings litter the landscape,

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its tiny Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century.

France is using ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies the island chain of Mayotte after its worst cyclone in nearly a century.