Mayotte remains mostly cut off from rest of the worldpublished at 15:06 Greenwich Mean Time
Richard Kagoe
BBC News, Nairobi
The latest footage out of Mayotte paints a clearer picture of the devastation caused by the cyclone.
In the capital, Mamoudzou, street after street is filled with trees and debris, with seemingly every house damaged. A nurse at the main hospital said there was nothing left.
Residents have been queuing outside stores in search of water and other basic supplies.
Mayotte remains mostly cut off from the rest of the world after Cyclone Chido devastated the French territory, leaving communication severely disrupted.
Families are desperately trying to locate missing relatives, but movement across the island is nearly impossible as roads remain blocked.
Scenes of destruction are everywhere – homes flattened, belongings scattered, and lives shattered. Everything lost in an instant.
Some victims sift through the rubble, searching for anything that can be salvaged. Emergency workers are racing against time to find survivors and restore essential services, but for the victims, the wait for help feels agonizingly long.
Chido’s impact wasn’t limited to Mayotte. In northern Mozambique, the storm claimed three lives, including a three-year-old girl in Nampula province.
