French President Emmanuel Macron has faced jeers from locals on the cyclone-battered French overseas territory of Mayotte, telling them they should be “happy to be in France, because if it wasn’t France you’d be 10,

Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron when he toured it on Friday, complaining that potable water had not reached them nearly a week after the storm hit the Indian Ocean archipelago.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been heckled during his visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte. After facing boos and shouts of "resign" from locals demanding more aid in devastated areas, Macron responded by telling locals: "I'm not the cyclone. I'm not responsible."