Cyclone Chido: Emmanuel Macron heckled during visit to Mayotte

The French President extends his visit to the archipelago as thousands remain without water.

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After facing boos and calls to resign from locals demanding more aid in devastated areas, Macron responded by telling locals: "I had nothing to do with the cyclone. You can blame me, but it wasn't me."

"If this wasn't France, you would be 10,000 times more screwed," he added to gasps, using an expletive.

He arrived in the French Indian Ocean territory on Thursday, five days after Cyclone Chido tore through the small islands. Thousands are without access to water and rescuers are continuing efforts to find missing people.

Macron told reporters he had extended his visit until Friday as a mark of respect, and that leaving the same day could have "installed the idea that we come, we look, we leave".

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