Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered Mayotte

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he would visit Mayotte in the "coming days" following a cyclone that ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory.

Emergency workers continued to search for survivors on Monday and battled to restore services in France’s most impoverished overseas territory, where hundreds, or even thousands, are feared dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in almost a century.

After summoning key government officials, Macron declared he would visit the archipelago after the most destructive cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years a national catastrophe.