SO that an 87-year-old man was found deadMonday March 11, in the Hérault river in Pézenas, a woman wanted because she could have been with him was finally found safe and sound, reports France Bleu Hérault. She had been filmed by a video surveillance camera in the company of the victim, and an investigation into a disturbing disappearance had been opened. The distribution of her photograph by the gendarmerie made it possible to locate her: she explained that he had been “effectively transported by the victim, who then left alone at the wheel of his vehicle”explained the Béziers prosecutor. This live is now over.
Five dead in bad weather. Earlier, on Monday, the lifeless body of a man was found in Gard. This discovery and that of the dead man in Hérault bring to five the number of people killed during bad weather which has hit several departments in the south of France since Saturday.
Several people still wanted. In the Gard, a man and his two children, swept away by the waves in Dions, are still missing – on Monday, the Gard prefecture was not able to confirm whether the body found in the morning is that of the father of the family. In Ardèche, a man who has not been found since Saturday in the village of Saint-Martin-de-Valamas is also wanted.
Six departments on orange “flood” alert. In its 4 p.m. bulletin, Meteo France added Saône-et-Loire to the list of departments concerned, although the alert had been lifted there this morning. Vigilance also concerns Charente-Maritime, Gironde, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Yonne and Puy-de-Dôme. The institute reports “significant floods on the Allier (Puy-de-Dôme), the Arroux (Saône-et-Loire), the Serein (Yonne) and on the Atlantic estuaries”and the details of the watercourses at the level of concern are visible on the Vigicrues website.