At least 10 people are dead following flash flooding on the French Riviera – with at least six more missing, feared dead.
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People were found dead in the towns of Cannes, Boit, Golfe-Juan and Mandelieu-la-Napoule, the Associated Press said. That is the equivalent of two months of rainfall for the region, local radio France Bleu-Azur reported.
France’s President Francois Hollande and Bernard Cazeneuve the Interior Minister were going to visit the retirement home on Sunday.
A few residents criticized authorities for not doing more to prevent flood damage in the region. He said the rains also caused serious damage.
Three elderly people were killed in their retirement home in Biot. Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet earlier said the death toll had reached 13, including people trapped in a parking lot, a campsite and a retirement home. Another three people drowned when their auto got stuck in a tunnel, according to the news agency. The deluge accompanied by thunderstorms broke the banks of the Brague river in the city of Antibes. One woman died in a auto park in Cannes and there was another victim at a campsite in Antibes.
In the resort town of Cannes, which hosts the annual film festival, the train station was flooded, leading to the interruption of local rail services, while cars were swept along streets by torrents. In Nice, a soccer match in the French first division was abandoned midway due to the rain.
Hundreds of emergency workers were involved in rescue efforts, helped by clear skies around the region Sunday.
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