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Rescue work is in full swing Sunday. Eight people remain missing on the French side of the border after the storm.
What we are experiencing is something out of the ordinary, says Bernard González, head of the Alpes-Maritimes department.
In the French town of Breil-sur-Roya, near the Italian border, houses and cars are buried in the mud.
The number of missing may increase
About 1,000 firefighters using helicopters and the military are working in the area to find survivors and help people who cannot reach their homes or who have lost their homes.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Jean Castex flew over the area in a helicopter to get an overview of the devastation. He says the government has activated its emergency plan for natural disasters.
Castex fears that the number of missing people will increase as dozens of cars and several houses were washed away.
In Italy, two people died in the storm. Several villages are isolated and the regional presidents of Liguria and Piedmont have requested that the government declare a state of emergency.
