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The third victim was swept away by floodwaters in his SUV in Gagnières, also near Avignon, early Saturday evening when he wanted to cross a bridge, reported “Le Figaro”. Another inmate was able to save himself.
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Six people were previously missing, including two children, the authorities said on Sunday. Hundreds of rescue workers continued to search on Sunday for a man and his four- and 13-year-old children who were surprised by the floods late Saturday evening on a bridge over the Gardon River in Dions, north of Nîmes, the prefecture of Nîmes announced. The children’s mother was rescued and taken to the hospital.
Helicopters, rescue dogs and drones in action
In Dions in the Gard department, a helicopter took part in the search on Sunday and flew over the raging Gardon. The fire department was also on duty and was supported by rescue dogs and drones.
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An emergency call was received from a car in Goudargues on Sunday morning, and contact was lost shortly afterwards. According to initial investigations, there were two women who were on their way to Spain. Another man went missing in the village of Saint-Martin-de-Valamas in the neighboring Ardèche department.
The orange warning level was declared in Gard and six other departments on Saturday due to very heavy rainfall caused by storm “Monica”. A severe weather warning is currently still in force in several regions, and there is a risk of avalanches in some of the Alps. Several thousand households north of Nice in the border region with Italy were temporarily without power.
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