Two people lost their lives and at least one more was missing Sunday after historic rain levels drenched the south of France, provoking major floods that are only now starting to recede, officials said.
© Valery Hache/AFPAbandoned cars half submerged on the streets of Le Muy, near Cannes.
The high floodwaters buried cars underwater, turned roads into rivers and even allowed kayakers the chance to paddle down a highway.
One corpse was found in the village of Le Muy, just north of France's Mediterranean coast, close to where a rescue dinghy had capsized on Saturday evening with three members of the fire brigade and three civilians aboard, the local authorities in the southern Var region said. One of the civilians had been reported missing.
Members of the French civil defence take took part in rescue operations in flooded areas such as Le Muy, near Cannes in southeastern France.
The second body, of a man in his 50s, was found in the village of Cabasse in a car, said the local authorities, without giving further details. Meanwhile, another man, in his 70s, was still missing in the village of Saint-Antonin-du-Var after going out during the night amid heavy rain. Searches are continuing.
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