France floods: Red alerts issued in several regions as floodwaters overcome city streets

Across southern France, six counties were placed under a “red alert” on Thursday amid “exceptional rain”, with some areas seeing as much as 630 millimetres in 48 hours, the French weather agency said. The towns of Annonay and Labegude saw severe flooding and outside of Lyon, France’s third-largest city, cars were submerged by floodwaters. An alert was also issued in Cannes, famed for its iconic film festival. Authorities closed roads and evacuated neighbourhoods in preparation for intense flooding and asked residents not to put themselves in danger by taking photos and videos. There were no reports of any injuries or deaths. The flooding in southern France comes a week after remnants of Hurricane Kirk battered western Europe. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #france #flooding