Severe weather struck several parts of France at the weekend causing dramatic scenes, particularly in the south-east.
Heavy rain caused flooding in a number of towns and coastal gales brought down trees. Snow covered the lowest altitudes of the Alps and more than a metre fell in the Pyrénées.
A roadside assistance worker was killed near La Turbie, close to the French border with Monaco, after consecutive accidents on the A8.
The man was responding to an initial accident between two cars, caused by the rainfall, and was subsequently hit by a third vehicle driving too quickly in the heavy rain.
Four other people were injured, two severely, including another roadside assistance worker and two gendarmes.
Comment: The same source reports on March 4: