French President Emmanuel Macron was due on Friday to visit shantytowns in Mayotte ravaged by Cyclone Chido on the second day of a visit where he has faced calls to speed up relief to 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."

"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French territory five days after Cyclone Chido.