https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The River Seine has overflowed after days of torrential rain, with more forecast in the coming days and flood warnings still in place for large parts of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210203/in-pictures-seine-floods-in-paris-as-france-faces-further-storms Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:16:36 +0100 in-pictures-seine-floods-in-paris-as-france-faces-further-storms Two people were missing and hundreds of homes flooded Saturday as heavy rains hit the Cote d'Azur in southern France, disrupting air and rail transport and leading to hundreds of evacuations. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191124/two-missing-as-floods-ravage-southern-france Sun, 24 Nov 2019 09:58:10 +0100 two-missing-as-floods-ravage-southern-france The mayor of a southern French town has been charged with involuntary homicide over the 2014 deaths of four people in a campsite located inside a flood zone, court sources said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161111/french-mayor-charged-with-manslaughter-over-deadly-2014-flood Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:04:00 +0100 french-mayor-charged-with-manslaughter-over-deadly-2014-flood Now the Paris floods are receding, here's a look at how they compared to the great flood of 1910. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160607/in-pics-the-paris-flood-of-2016-vs-the-1910-flood-of-the-century Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:35:50 +0200 in-pics-the-paris-flood-of-2016-vs-the-1910-flood-of-the-century Parts of the French Riviera are on alert after thunderstorms were forecast for Wednesday, in the same area where 16 people were killed by heavy flooding earlier this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151028/southern-france-braces-for-intense-storms Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:22:24 +0100 southern-france-braces-for-intense-storms Nine people in the Riviera resort of Cannes have been arrested on suspicion of looting in the wake of tragic floods which killed at least 18 people. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151005/frances-deadly-floods-nine-arrested-for-looting Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:09:42 +0200 frances-deadly-floods-nine-arrested-for-looting Three people were killed over the weekend as flash floods hit France, with the national weather agency issuing further weather warnings on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150824/three-dead-as-storms-and-floods-sweep-france Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:54:56 +0200 three-dead-as-storms-and-floods-sweep-france Severe weather warnings were in place for 11 départements in France on Friday morning as strong winds and snow storms battered the south east and south west of the country. Over 27,000 homes were left without power. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150130/thousands-without-electricity-as-france-on-orange-alert Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:11:00 +0100 thousands-without-electricity-as-france-on-orange-alert The worst flooding in years in southern France has claimed five lives and forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141201/five-dead-as-french-flood-disaster-continues Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:15:00 +0100 five-dead-as-french-flood-disaster-continues At least five people were killed as storms lashed southern France between Friday and Saturday, including a mother and her two young sons after their car was swept away in severe floods. Killer storms were also reported in Italy and Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141117/black-weekend-as-storms-lash-france Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:58:00 +0100 black-weekend-as-storms-lash-france Météo France has placed the south-eastern French departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vaucluse on amber alert, the second-highest alert, for rain and floods, just one week after violent storms lashed the area. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141114/flood-alert-in-south-east-france Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:52:00 +0100 flood-alert-in-south-east-france South west France was again braced for more flooding on Monday after a weekend that aleady left parts of the region underwater(SEE VIDEO). Elsewhere in the country, a swollen river caused by a deluge carried a 10-year-old girl to her death in Brittany. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140127/flooding-in-southwest-france Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:35:00 +0100 flooding-in-southwest-france VIDEO: France's heatwave is set to come to a dramatic end in the north of the country with storm warnings in place for 36 departments. In a sign of what is to come several people were left injured and streets flooded when a violent storm hit Caen on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130723/violent-storm-hits-normandy Tue, 23 Jul 2013 11:40:00 +0200 violent-storm-hits-normandy Five departments in the south west of France remained on flood alert on Friday after heavy rain hit the region over night. The department of Tarn was added to the list of four other departments which have been on 'Orange alert' since Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130531/heavy-rain-puts-south-west-france-on-flood-alert Fri, 31 May 2013 10:30:00 +0200 heavy-rain-puts-south-west-france-on-flood-alert Departments of north-eastern France were placed under a high alert for flooding on Monday, with water levels expected to rise into the evening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130506/north-east-france-under-high-flood-alert Mon, 06 May 2013 18:53:00 +0200 north-east-france-under-high-flood-alert Six departments in the centre and east of France were placed on flood alert on Thursday with heavy rains and severe storms forecast for throughout the night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130502/flood-warnings-issued-for-central-france Thu, 02 May 2013 20:30:23 +0200 flood-warnings-issued-for-central-france