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.
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 mayor who is fed up of the large amount of rainfall in his town has attempted to order the sun to shine using his powers as an elected official.
Thirteen départements in the north-west of France are on orange alert - which calls for residents to be "very vigilant" - on Wednesday with storms set to batter the region.
There was confirmation on Monday of something those living in the French capital had suspected - this spring has been very wet, in fact the wettest in 150 years.
Four people have died and 24 been injured in this week's near recording floods in France, prime minister Manuel Valls confirmed on Saturday morning, as the waters showed the first signs of receding.
Floods continued to cause chaos in France on Thursday as authorities in Paris are getting increasingly worried by the continuous rise of the River Seine.
Halloween and the month of November may be almost upon us, but the sun in France shows no sign of going into hibernation for the winter, with three days of sunshine on the way over Halloween.
France's closely-watched wine harvest should be slightly less plentiful than it was last year due to a lack of rain, official figures showed Monday, but industry professionals are nevertheless expecting a good vintage.
Severe weather warnings were in place for 11 départements in France on Friday morning as strong winds and snow storms battered the south east and south west of the country. Over 27,000 homes were left without power.
At least five people were killed as storms lashed southern France between Friday and Saturday, including a mother and her two young sons after their car was swept away in severe floods. Killer storms were also reported in Italy and Switzerland.
Météo France has placed the south-eastern French departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vaucluse on amber alert, the second-highest alert, for rain and floods, just one week after violent storms lashed the area.
South west France was again braced for more flooding on Monday after a weekend that aleady left parts of the region underwater(SEE VIDEO). Elsewhere in the country, a swollen river caused by a deluge carried a 10-year-old girl to her death in Brittany.
Northwestern France is bracing for gusts of up to 140 km/h on Monday, after 14 departments in Brittany and surrounding regions were placed on orange alert for winds and flooding. See if you’re affected.
Four departments in the south west of France were hit with a flood warning on Tuesday, amid heavy rain in the region surrounding the Pyrénées mountains.
France’s culture minister announced on Friday that the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris would be transferring its reserves to a location in northern France, amid fears that flooding of the Seine river could destroy the artworks forever.
VIDEO: Extreme weather caused a number of incidents across France at the weekend that saw thousands left without power, houses hit by lightning and a mini tornado hit Dieppe (see video). Three departments remained on storm alert on Monday morning.
VIDEO: France's heatwave is set to come to a dramatic end in the north of the country with storm warnings in place for 36 departments. In a sign of what is to come several people were left injured and streets flooded when a violent storm hit Caen on Monday.
Hopes that France's long, hard winter would be followed by a warm, sunny spring have been well and truly washed out after a weekend of heavy rain and storms. The country's weather agency says more bad weather is on the way.
Local officials have called for a natural disaster to be declared in the Aube department, after heavy rainfall caused Seine river to break its banks and lead to widespread flooding and extensive damage to property in the area.
