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"Mayotte became an official French colony in June 1843 and is France's poorest region. The islands have struggled with drought, underinvestment, and gang violence for decades and now face a crisis following Cyclone Chido. "France's interior ministry said 1,600 police and gendarmerie officers have been deployed, alongside rescuers and firefighters from Mayotte and the nearby French island of Reunion. Supplies were also being rushed in on military aircraft and ships. "Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville told local TV station la 1ere: "I think there are some several hundred dead, maybe we'll get close to a thousand, even thousands... given the violence of this event." https://lnkd.in/gz94SiwN https://lnkd.in/gTsdiqNj

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