BREIL-SUR-ROYA: Rescue services stepped up their search efforts in southwestern France on Sunday after floods cut off several villages and killed two ...
A handout photo made available on October 4, 2020 by the French Etat-Major des Armees shows people arriving at Nice airport after they were evacuated from areas hit by torrential rain and flash floods in the south of France. — AFPRescue services stepped up their search efforts in southwestern France on Sunday after floods cut off several villages and killed two people in Italy, with eight still missing in France.
Eight people were still missing on the French side of the border after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off entire villages and triggering landslips. Storm Alex barrelled into France’s west coast on Thursday bringing powerful winds and rain across the country before moving into Italy, where regions across the north suffered an onslaught on Saturday.
“We are used to seeing images of such disasters on other continents, sometimes with a lack of concern, but this here is something that affects us all,“ he told AFP.Local authorities gave shelter to some 200 people overnight, while food and thousands of bottles of water were being airlifted into remote villages cut off by the storms.“Just because their loved ones haven’t been able to get in touch doesn’t mean that they have been taken by the storm,“ he said.
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