Six dead and at least three missing due to weekend storm in France

Six people died in France due to the extreme weather phenomena that affected the country over the weekend, namely Storm Mónica as it passed along the Mediterranean coast, with at least three others missing.

This Monday, rescue services recovered the lifeless bodies of two men, one in the department of Gardenwho is suspected of being the father of two children who were with him in the same car, since those who are still searchingand the second from an octogenarian from the department of Hérault.

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In case of GardenO City hall indicated in his report X that the man’s body was found in the city of Dions. The vehicle, in which four members of the same family were traveling, ended up downstream of a bridge that had been submerged by the river that swept it away on Sunday.

The mother managed to get out, but not the father, who is probably the corpse found nearby, nor the couple’s two children, aged 4 and 13, of whom there is no news.

In that same department Gardenthree other fatal victims had already been recorded, a man found dead on Sunday morning in the city of Gagnières after the current swept away his car the day before and two women Goudargues where a swollen river also took the vehicle they were traveling in on Sunday morning.

Regarding the department of Héraultthe mayor (government delegate) indicated in his report X that on Monday morning the body of an octogenarian was found in the city of Pezenasin the middle of the course Hérault River.

His car was found downstream and, although for several hours there was a search for a woman thought to be with him, this afternoon that hypothesis was ruled out when it was confirmed that this woman was not involved and is safe and sound.

The section of road where the octogenarian was traveling, in a flood zone, was closed to traffic due to the risk of it becoming impassable due to the weather. heavy rains.

O Montpellier Public Prosecutor’s Office An investigation was opened to determine the causes of the accident.

The storm Monica particularly affected the French Mediterranean façade, especially around the departments of Gard, Hérault and Ardèche.

But the storm also hit the Atlantic coastwhere the first death occurred, an octogenarian who was going fishing in the Island of Ré and this was swallowed up by the tide.

Source: Elcomercio

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