At least 15 people have died and 10 were reported missing on Wednesday after unusually heavy rains lashed parts of southern France, TF1 television reported, citing local police.
All the fatalities occurred in the south—eastern region of Var, where some 200,000 households lost electricity during the storm. By mid—day Wednesday, power had been restored to about half of those residences.
More than 1,000 people had to be rescued by helicopter from their homes because of the swiftly rising floodwaters, which roared through several cities in the region, sweeping away cars and knocking over trees.
