Flash floods hit Riviera
By Herald Reporter - 05 October 2015
[caption id="attachment_103589" align="alignright" width="300"] THE AFTERMATH: A boy clearing rubble walks past wrecked cars after the floods in Biot. Picture: AFP[/caption]
Record rainfall kills at least 16
AT least 16 people were killed in violent storms and flooding that struck the chic French Riviera overnight, with three people still missing, President Francois Hollande said yesterday.
Nice’s mayor’s office estimated the city had received 10% of its average annual rainfall in the past two days alone. -Catherine Marcianco and Beatrix Baconnier Martin [AFP]
