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Added on the 11/10/2018 14:30:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
For the fourth time in less than two months, the town centre of Tartas, in the Landes region of south=-west France, is flooded. Residents move around with their feet in the water or on footbridges, and shopkeepers are busy building brick walls to protect their shops. IMAGES
The toll of exceptional rainfall that hit multiple regions in France, with devastating floods in the Alpes-Maritimes region, has reached 5 dead and 7 missing, announces French President Emmanuel Macron, as he visits the areas worst affected. IMAGES
A large number of passengers wait at Marseille's Saint-Charles station, as a total of 80,000 passengers are affected by storm-related disruptions on the French national rail network (SNCF). The South-East line has been completely disrupted between Paris and Lyon but is ‘operating well, but with delays’ between Lyon and Marseille, according to the SNCF. IMAGES
80,000 passengers are affected by the storms in the Yonne region, which have brought the South-East line between Paris and Lyon to a complete standstill. IMAGES
People are walking around or relaxing on terraces in Toulouse's Place du Capitole as the southern region of France experiences a heatwave. Haute-Garonne is among the 41 départements in France that have been placed under an orange heatwave alert by France's weather agency (Météo France). IMAGES