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Tormenta Alex deja al menos 20 personas desaparecidas en frontera entre Italia y Francia

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 03:49:00 +0200eluniversal (es)

París.- El número de muertos por causa de las inundaciones que afectaron el fin de semana el departamento de Alpes Marítimos en el sureste de Francia y pueblos del noreste de Italia se ha elevado a siete y hay al menos 20 personas desaparecidas, incluyendo a dos rescatistas.

France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:46:00 +0200manilatimes (en)

SAINT-MARTIN-VESUBIE, France : French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts on Sunday (Monday in Manila) after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people.

Storm Alex: 9 Dead, More Missing, Hundreds of Houses Swept Away

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:31:00 +0200todayheadline (en)

Oct 06, 2020 07:40 AM EDT. Officials of Italy and France reported finding nine bodies in the French-Italian border after Storm Alex swept the two countries’ border regions, causing record heavy rainfall and massive floods that swept at least 100 homes destroyed roads.

France, Italy step up flood rescue efforts

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:28:00 +0200dailynews-lk (en)

FRANCE: French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. Others remained unaccounted for on the French side of the border after storms, torrential....

President Macron expected to visit flood...

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:14:00 +0200modernghana (en)

French President Emmanuel Macron is this week expected to visit the Alpes-Maritimes region in southern France which has been devastated by floods. Torrential rain and flash floods battered the area bordering Italy on Friday, killing at least four people and causing widespread damage.

France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:26:00 +0200terradaily (en)

French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. Others remained unaccounted for on the French side of the border after storms, torrential rain and....

France step up search efforts after floods 13h ago Several people are still missing after a storm caused massive flooding in France and Italy. France has declared the affected region a natural disaster zone.

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 05:02:00 +0200deutschewelle-en (en)

Rescue services stepped up search and rescue efforts on Sunday in the wake of Rescue efforts were concentrated on the Roya Valley in France near the Italian border, where some 1,000 firefighters resumed their search hoping to find survivors. Eight people are missing on the French side and two on the Italian side as of Sunday.

France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:31:00 +0200inquirer (en)

Saint-Martin-Vesubie, France – French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. Others remained unaccounted for on the French side of the border....

French rescuers search for missing victims after deadly floods

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:31:00 +0200aljazeera-en (en)

French authorities have deployed about 1,000 firefighters, four military helicopters and troops to search for at least nine people who are missing after devastating floods from record rains hit a mountainous border region with neighbouring Italy . The storm moved overnight across southeast France and....

France rescuers search for missing victims after deadly floods

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:26:00 +0200aljazeera-en (en)

French authorities have deployed about 1,000 firefighters, four military helicopters and troops to search for at least eight people who are missing after devastating floods from record rains hit a mountainous border region with neighbouring Italy . The storm moved overnight across southeast France ....

France step up search efforts after floods 2m ago Several people are still missing after a storm caused massive flooding in France and Italy. France has declared the effected region a natural disaster zone.

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:33:00 +0200deutschewelle-en (en)

Rescue services stepped up search and rescue efforts on Sunday in the wake of Rescue efforts were concentrated on the Roya Valley in France near the Italian border, where some 1,000 firefighters resumed their search hoping to find survivors. Eight people are missing on the French side and two on the Italian side as of Sunday.

France step step up search effort after flood

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:57:00 +0200guardian-ng (en)

Rescue services stepped up their search efforts in southwestern France on Sunday after floods cut off several villages and killed two people in Italy , with eight still missing in France. Breil-sur-Roya, a French village close to the Italian border, was a scene of devastation with houses buried in....

Photos: Deadly storm barrels across France, Italy

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 08:02:00 +0200gulfnews (en)

Roquebillihre, France : Two people died in Italy and eight were missing in France on Saturday after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the border area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off whole villages and triggering landslips, as hundreds of rescuers raced to find stranded survivors.

Weather forecast TODAY – UK hit by torrential rain and floods before SECOND weather front to strike after Storm Alex

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 01:31:00 +0200thesun (en)

TROPICAL STORM GAMMA HITS MEXICO. Tropical Storm Gamma hit the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula at near-hurricane force on Saturday, flooding streets, knocking down trees and stranding people trying to return from outlying islands. The storm came ashore near Tulum with maximum sustained winds of....

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