Person Goes Missing as Severe Weather Triggers Flood Alerts in France
The 53-year-old was reported missing Tuesday night in Maine-et-Loire after a small boat capsized, according to local authorities. “We are deploying the necessary resources, but objectively, there is very little chance of finding this person,” said the department’s prefect.
France’s weather service, Meteo-France, has issued red alerts for Charente-Maritime, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, and Maine-et-Loire.
“It is an episode of exceptional magnitude in terms of its intensity. We have been under flood alert for 33 days,” said Mathieu Lefevre, minister delegate in charge of Ecological Transition, during a visit to Saintes in Charente-Maritime. He added that about 20,000 people across France were still without electricity early Friday.
In Saintes alone, roughly 2,000 homes have reportedly been flooded. Meteo-France described the situation as “unprecedented,” noting that the country has experienced rainfall somewhere in France for 36 consecutive days.
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