Monday 1 December 2014

More than 3,000 evacuated as French floods toll reaches five

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More than 3,000 evacuated as French floods toll reaches five
Portel-Des-Corbieres, France (AFP) Nov 30, 2014 - The worst flooding in years in southern France has claimed five lives and forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said Sunday. 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 a road that was flooded. Along the banks of the Agly river in the same r ... more


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