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Several people are still missing after the violent downpours. The streets have been transformed into muddy rivers that flow between houses in various communities in the Maritime Alps in the border area between southern France and northern Italy. Roads have collapsed and stone houses have collapsed on slopes. In some places, only roofs stick out of the mud after landslides.
There are still many people completely isolated from the outside world. A resident of the French community of Breil-sur-Roya describes it as unreal.
– We do not have electricity, electricity, telephone or internet, says the major to the television channel BFMTV.
Local authorities describe it as if a meteorological bomb had exploded. 1000 rescuers have been mobilized and the search for the missing continues. Family members who did not know what happened to family members cry when they see their loved ones at meeting places.
During one day, as much rain fell as it usually does for three months at this time, according to the French meteorological authority. The mayor of Nice says the flood disaster is the worst in the area in more than a hundred years.
Another resident of the Alpes-Maritimes who is cleaning his house describes it as an ocean filling the house this weekend with things floating around.
Minister of the Interior Jean Castex has flown over the disaster zone and President Emmanuel Macron is also expected to travel there during the week. The government has activated its emergency plan for natural disasters. Italian politicians in Liguria and Piedmont demand the same from the government of Rome.
Recurring storms with heavy rain and flooding are often described by French authorities and the government as an effect of climate change. Five years ago, 20 people were killed when the French Riviera was hit hard.
