Seven individuals, together with two kids, are lacking in southeastern France after floods swept vehicles away.
“Extremely violent episodes” introduced “very heavy rainfall” in Gard and Ardeche in a single day, Gerald Darmanin, the inside minister, mentioned on Sunday.
Searches are underneath method for six individuals in Gard and one individual in Ardeche after autos have been discovered however with out the individuals, Mr Darmanin added.
In Gard, divers joined rescue groups to seek for three members of a household who went lacking when their automotive was swept away at about 11.30pm.
The automobile was about to cross a submersible bridge, in keeping with France Info.
The 40-year-old mom was rescued by firefighters and brought to hospital however her husband and two kids aged 4 and 13 have been nonetheless lacking.
Frederic Loiseau, secretary normal of the prefecture, mentioned it was arduous to say if they are going to be discovered rapidly.
He mentioned there have been 32 firefighters concerned together with 20 water rescuers, 21 autos, two drones, a canine workforce and a police helicopter.
In a separate incident, two girls aged 47 and 50 have been additionally lacking in Gard after moving into difficulties on one other submersible bridge.
The pair, who have been travelling to Spain, known as emergency companies at 5.10am, however the name dropped out, Mr Loiseau mentioned, including that 28 firefighters, a drone and a helicopter have joined search groups.
A 62-year-old Belgian man was additionally lacking after a automotive was swept away in a city north of Gard.
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Mr Loiseau mentioned it was the worst flooding in Gard for a decade.
About 250 firefighters and 4 helicopters responded to incidents through the evening, native radio station France Bleu Gard-Lozère mentioned on its web site.
In a separate incident in Ardeche, the supervisor of a hydroelectric plant working went lacking on Saturday night, Agence Radio France mentioned, quoting police and the AFP information company.
Source: information.sky.com”