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 is rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean that has been shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.

Local authorities said the cyclone, which made landfall with 140 mph, winds devastated several “shantytowns” across the island.