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France - Floods

- ECHO Daily flash of 16/10/2018

  • Heavy rain has been affecting parts of southern France, especially the departments of Aude and Var causing floods.
  • According to national authorities, as of 16 October, 11 people died, nine were injured and 2 000 people were evacuated from the Aude department.
  • Copernicus Emergency Management Service was activated on 15 October at 13.32 UTC.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rain may affect southern France, including areas already affected. Meteo France has issued, as of 16 October, a red warning for floods in the Aude department.

Emergency Response Coordination Centre, echo-ercc@ec.europa.eu, +32 229 21112