Rescue efforts were ongoing in the French overseas territory of Mayotte on Sunday, December 15, after Cyclone Chido slammed into the region on Saturday, causing extensive damage.Aerial footage posted by France’s Gendarmerie Nationale, on Sunday shows a view of destruction across the small island from a helicopter. According to the post, police reinforcements would be deployed to support rescue and relief efforts already on the ground.Speaking on local television, Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville said he feared the death toll would reach be in the hundreds or “even a few thousand.”Mayotte, a department and region of France, is located in the southeastern Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. The island is France’s poorest, as well as the poorest territory in the European Union, according to the Associated Press. Credit: Gendarmerie Nationale via Storyful