Four people died and two were missing, announced Thursday, September 18 prefecture of Hérault has revised its previous record down. A campsite was devastated by the sudden a river Lamalou-les-bains flood.
Earlier in the day, the prefecture announced that three bodies were discovered in the night from Wednesday to Thursday and two people were missing. In the morning of relief officials on the ground have reported two more deaths, but did not say if they were missing.
“[The three victims] were in a campground that has faced with the sudden rise of water after a ruptured jam. The incident occurred about two in the morning, “said this morning on BFM TV, Frederic Loiseau, director of the office of the Prefect of the Herault.
A Lamalou-les-Bains, a small river that runs along a campsite turned into a torrent and carried motorhomes and caravans.
VIDEO. The mayor, Philippe Tailland, returned to France 2 on the death of the three campers:
Gard , Aveyron and Hérault The three departments affected by the rains, hundreds of people had to be rescued. A Ganges (Hérault), a moment completely isolated before being reopened certain routes, Shipwrecked road were collected in a village hall in the town hall where they spent the night.
Thunderstorms also without power 6,500 homes, says the Prefecture of Gard.
Orange Alert
The orange alert linked to rainstorms and flood risk has been lifted in the Gard but prolonged in Herault, also indicated this morning Météo France.
In its 4:30 am bulletin, Meteo France said that the orange alert has been “extended” in the department of Herault where rainstorms, after a lull in late night, will intensify “again from mid-day” and persist until the night of Thursday to Friday “where they should be further strengthened.”
The orange alert flood remains in effect for the Dourdou and Sorgue in the department of Aveyron and the Lez and the Orb in the Herault.
A woman of 76 years is drowned late Wednesday afternoon in the southeast of the Aveyron hit by violent storms.
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