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[h=4]At least 16 dead in French Riviera flash floods[/h]At least 13 people died when storms caused severe flooding in the French Riviera, authorities said Sunday. President Francois Hollande'a office said in a statement that the victims were found dead in the towns
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At least 16 people were killed in violent storms and flooding that struck the chic French Riviera.
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A woman takes pictures of damaged cars and motorbikes in a car park, after violent storms and floods on October 4, 2015, in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, southeastern France.(Photo: BORIS HORVAT, AFP/Getty Images)
At least 16<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people died<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when storms caused severe flooding on the French Riviera, President Francois Hollande<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said Sunday.
His<span style="color: Red;">*</span>office said in a statement that the victims were found dead in the towns of Cannes, Biot, Golfe-Juan and Mandelieu-la-Napoule in the southeast of the country, following severe weather Saturday night.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Three people were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>missing.
Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said the dead<span style="color: Red;">*</span>included<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people trapped in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a parking lot,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a campsite and a retirement home.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Helicopters were searching for victims Sunday and 27,000 homes had no electricity, the ministry said.
Three people drowned in the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>retirement home after a river burst its banks and five are thought to have died when they tried to park their cars, Agence France-Presse reported. Another three people drowned when their car got stuck in a tunnel, according to the news agency.
Hollande<span style="color: Red;">*</span>arrived in Nice with Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Sunday, and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>visited<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the retirement home<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Biot and met with emergency workers. "It’s not over,” he told reporters.
A Biot, aux côtés des gendarmes et des pompiers qui sont intervenus cette nuit pour secourir la population
A photo posted by François Hollande (@fhollande) on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:07am PDT
He said the flooding caused significant damage. "The President expressed the solidarity of the nation in the wake of these tragic events," the statement from his office said.
Cannes mayor Davis Lisnard said some cars were carried away into the sea. "We have rescued a lot of people, and we must now be vigilant against looting," he added, according to AFP.
Pope Francis offered<span style="color: Red;">*</span>prayers for the victims during his weekly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>blessing from St. Peter’s Square.
Local radio France Bleu-Azur reported that more than 6.7 inches of rain fell in the Cannes area in the space of two hours. Forecasters say the the worst of the storms has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>passed.
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