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This handout photograph taken on December 15, 2024 and released by the Gendarmerie Nationale on December 16, 2024 shows a French gendarmerie armored vehicle Berliet VXB-170 (or VBRG) along a road blocked by an uprooted tree during a rescue an emergency operation at an undisclosed location on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago. Rescuers raced against time on December 16, 2024 to reach survivors after a devastating cyclone ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, destroying homes across the islands, with hundreds feared dead. Images from Mayotte, which like other French overseas territories is an integral part of France and ruled from Paris, showed scenes of devastation, with homes reduced to piles of rubble. (Photo by Handout / GENDARMERIE NATIONALE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / GENDARMERIE NATIONALE / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS