2 killed and 1 missing in French rains
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Two people died and one more was missing yesterday after historic levels of rain drenched the south of France, provoking major floods that are only now starting to recede, officials said.
One corpse was found in the village of Muy, just north of France’s Mediterranean coast, close to where a r escue dinghy had capsized on Saturday evening with three members of the fire brigade and three civilians aboard, the local authorities in the southern Var region said.
One of the civilians had been reported missing.
The second body, of a man in his 50s, was found in the village of Cabasse in a car, said the local authorities, without giving further details.
Meanwhile, another man, in his 70s, was still missing in the village of Saint-Antonin-du-Var after going out during the night amid heavy rain.
Searches are continuing.
The Alpes-Maritimes and Var regions have since Friday been hit by torrential rainstorms that also caused huge waves in seaside areas.
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