PORTEL-DES-CORBIERES: The worst flooding in southern France has claimed five lives and forced almost 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said yesterday.
The latest victim was a 73-year-old man who died of heart failure in Rivesaltes, in the Pyrenees-Orientales region, when trying to force his car through a big dip in the road that was flooded.
Along the banks of the Agly river in the same region, some 2,000 people had been evacuated. Another 560 people had already left their homes in Canet, Argeles-sur-Mer and Barcares.
About 250 people fled Sigean, located in low-lying land and lagoons just south of Narbonne. Four people died and an eight-year-old girl remained missing in southeastern France after violent storms on Thursday and Friday triggered flash floods. AFP
