The Hérault and Gard départements of southern France were placed on red alert for the risk of torrential rain and floods on Wednesday morning, with other parts of the region also set for some extreme weather. Residents have been urged to stay home.
The flood alert system in France has been working at a record pace as relentless rain over the past month has saturated soils, the head of the agency told AFP on Saturday.
French weather forecaster Météo France placed three départements in western France on orange alert on Tuesday over the risk of floods with rivers in the area in danger of bursting their banks.
Parts of the French riviera and Corsica were placed on Orange alert for coastal flooding on Friday with high tides and strong winds expected. Parts of Brittany and western France also remained on flood alert.
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Red flood warnings will remain in place in France into Saturday, with floods that have swamped large parts of western France, including the town of Redon, not yet at their peak.
Parts of western France remained on the highest level of weather alert on Thursday, with hundreds evacuated and forecasters warning that the town of Redon, home to 10,000 people, could soon face record-breaking flooding.
Almost 600 people were trapped in southern France on Monday after flooding damaged the bridge on the only road to a holiday village, with a local mayor saying authorities were working to evacuate them.
The municipalities affected by floods in eastern France on Saturday are seeing a gradual return to normality on Sunday, although forecaster Météo-France has kept an orange alert in place for Moselle and Bas-Rhin.
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A homeless camp on the banks of the flooded river Seine in Paris was evacuated overnight as waters rose – but experts say the peak of the flood has now passed.
Five departments in the north of France were still on heightened flood alert on Thursday, as forecasts predict a marked dip in temperatures across the country from the weekend.
Flood warnings remain in place in 11 départements across the south-west of France and the Alps, as wet weather continues to dominate across the country.
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The River Seine has overflowed after days of torrential rain, with more forecast in the coming days and flood warnings still in place for large parts of France.
Much of southwestern France was on weather alert Saturday and 40,000 homes without power following gale-force
winds and flooding that left one person dead, another missing and five injured.
Just a week after torrential floods claimed the lives of six people on the French Riviera, the southeastern departments of Var and Alpes-Maritimes were hit again by a “dangerous meteorological phenomenon” on Sunday.
Torrential downpours and floods in south-east France have lead to four deaths, including a couple whose car was swept away in rising waters. A 77-year-old man who has not been seen since Saturday morning was still missing.
Two people were missing and hundreds of homes flooded Saturday as heavy rains hit the Cote d'Azur in southern France, disrupting air and rail transport and leading to hundreds of evacuations.
A French town that was the scene of a jihadist
shooting spree earlier this year has been swamped by floods, with one local
woman known to have lost her husband in the attack and her parents in the
latest disaster.
