A French military aircraft CASA CN-235 has just landed at the French Air Force Base 181 Saint-Denis-La Reunion "Lieutenant Roland Garros" in Sainte-Marie, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on December 16, 2024, with medical evacuees (evasan) from Mayotte and being transported to the university hospital in Saint-Denis de la Reunion. Rescuers raced against time on December 16, 2024 to reach survivors and supply urgent aid after the devastating cyclone Chido ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, destroying homes across the islands, with hundreds feared dead. (Photo by Richard BOUHET / AFP)