Three people still missing after flash floods in France
One of the worst-hit spots was the remote village of Trebes, where the equivalent of seven months of rain fell in a matter of hours while most people were asleep
Paris — At least three people are still missing after some of the worst flash floods in a century devastated towns and villages in France's southwestern Aude region, authorities say. The government said it was spending millions of euros to revamp technology at the state weather forecasting agency, after some residents were quoted in the media raising questions about the speed of its alerts. Officials originally said 13 people died in the floods that raged from Sunday night to Monday morning. On Tuesday they revised the figures to 11 dead and three people missing. The downpours and floods hit a region near the medieval hilltop city of Carcassonne and dotted with stone villages on a sweep of land wedged between two mountain ranges and the Mediterranean. Mud-swamped village streets were strewn with upended cars and debris after raging rivers broke their banks. Water rose to the first floor of some dwellings. One of the worst-hit spots was the remote village of Trebes, where an Islamist...
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