Two persons found dead after massive flooding hit southeastern France
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Two people were found dead on Sunday after massive flooding that has hit southeastern France since Friday, causing major damage in the region, local authorities said.
“One person was found dead near Muy, between the towns of Nice and Marseille, the police prefecture of the Var department said in a statement, quoted by France24. The statement did not say whether that was the person it had earlier reported as missing after falling off a rescue boat near Muy late on Saturday. Another body was found in a car in Cabasse, a village nearby, it added.”
Euronews reports that heavy rain and storms hit the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var, in southeast France. The regions were put on red alert for storms and flooding on Saturday, and downgraded to orange alert on Sunday morning, according to Météo France. Several cities in Var had to be evacuated due to the risk of flooding, in particular Roquebrune sur Argens (Var). In Biot (Alpes-Maritimes), the mayor has asked the inhabitants to remain indoors. At 8pm on Saturday, over 4,000 households were without electricity in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var, according to Enedis.
The fire brigade -with more than 1,600 people deployed in the two departments- has received thousands of calls and has carried out hundreds of interventions since Friday.
