French officials described the landscape in the French overseas department of Mayotte as “apocalyptic” after a cyclone devastated the island on Saturday, December 14.Footage here, captured by local Amalia Mazon, shows the aftermath of the cyclone on Sunday.Speaking on local television, Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville said he feared the death toll would reach 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.Civil protection said that rescue services, fire brigades, and air force personnel were being mobilized overseas to assist the people of Mauritius. Credit: Amalia Mazon via Storyful