Macron vows to step up reconstruction in Mayotte

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a three-billion-euro (114.5 billion baht) package over six years to finance a plan to “rebuild” Mayotte, France's poorest department, which was devastated by a cyclone in December.

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The most destructive cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years caused colossal damage in mid-December, killing 40 people and causing €3.5 billion in damage.

Four months after the disaster, Mr Macron visited Mayotte to “take stock of what is being done well, what is not being done well enough”, he said as he got off the plane.

He was accompanied by his wife Brigitte, and the ministers of overseas territories, agriculture and health.

“Mayotte has a future in this region if we put in the resources,” Mr Macron told Mahoran lawmakers.