
At least four dead after storm brings flooding to southern France
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A car lies abandoned after severe rainfall in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, near Marseille At least four people have died in France, and one other has been injured, after flooding caused by Storm Adam.
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The storm triggered widespread flooding across southern France on Tuesday, inundating streets and disrupting transport.
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The deaths included two women aged 86 and 26 who were found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region.
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Corsica was also hit by severe weather.
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Local media reported that a 4x4 vehicle was swept away by floodwaters on Tuesday - one of the occupants escaped through a window, but another man was found dead. Authorities have not released further details about the fourth death. In the towns of Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, between Montpellier and Marseille, dozens of residents were accommodated in emergency shelters after the floods hit.
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Officials said one person had been injured in that area. Roads and train lines in the area were also disrupted, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot wrote in a post on X.
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"The water has risen to unprecedented levels," Jacques Witkowski, prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Witkowski expressed "a thought for all those who are in distress", adding: "We are mobilised at an exceptional level to resolve several issues."
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A local resident shows her house which has been flooded following severe rainfall in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, near Marseille More severe weather is forecast in France, with Storm Austen - a newly named weather system moving in from the Atlantic - expected to reach the country's north-west.
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France's weather service, Météo-France, has issued an orange-level wind warning for five western departments from Thursday evening into Friday.
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The alert covers Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine and Manche.
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Heavy rainfall that began on 19 October caused significant flooding in south-eastern France Storm Adam had already brought severe flooding to eastern Spain, where at least three people were killed.
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Several towns along the Mediterranean coast were cut off by floodwaters, while helicopters were deployed to rescue people stranded on rooftops.
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Members of the Military Emergencies Unit found the body of a woman in the town of Oliva, Valencia, during rescue operations on Monday.
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Two other women were confirmed dead over the weekend.
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One woman's body was washed up on a beach in Sagunto, in the eastern region of Valencia, and another was swept away by floodwaters in Cabrera de Mar, near Barcelona.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a promise that the national government would provide resources to help in reconstruction during a visit to the Valencia region on Tuesday.
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The Valencian government approved on Tuesday an aid package of €23.5m (£20m) for those affected by Storm Adam.
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