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Added on the 15/09/2021 00:04:33 - Copyright : AFP EN
Water rises to window level as floods hit southwestern France, where fierce winds recently left one person dead and five others injured. IMAGES
Streets in La Roche-Posay, western France, are flooded following heavy rain and the overflowing of the local river Creuse. The river reached 6m78 in the city, exceeding the historic flood of 1982, and is expected to rise to 7m2, close to the record of 1896 (7m3). IMAGES
Residents walk through flooded streets in Bourthes, a town in northern France, as the Pas-de-Calais region is on high alert after the coastal river Aa burst its banks. IMAGES
Residents walk through partly flooded streets in Neuville-sous-Montreuil, a town in northern France, as floodwaters begin to recede following two weeks of devastating bad weather in the area. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people evacuated from an area threatened by a violent forest fire wake up in a gymnasium in Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department of France. The facility had already welcomed "fire survivors" during the 2017 fires. The prefecture specifies that among the "thousands" of evacuees are holidaymakers from six campsites in the region. IMAGES
Violent storms in France killed one person in Haute-Savoie and caused major damage in the Drôme, two of the nine departments that had been placed on orange alert by Météo-France. IMAGES
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