At least four people have died in storms and flooding in southern France, authorities said late on Wednesday, as western regions braced for another storm approaching from Ireland, Reuters reported from Paris on Thursday.

Source: Reuters

The deaths included two women aged 86 and 26 who were found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region, the BBC reported. Corsica was also hit by severe weather: local media reported that a 4x4 vehicle was swept away by floodwaters on Tuesday — one occupant escaped through a window, but another man was found dead. Authorities have not released further details about the fourth death.

Source: BBC (via 10BM News)

4people confirmed dead in storms and flooding in southern France, authorities said
1person injured in the Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau area, officials said
2women, aged 86 and 26, found drowned in a cellar in Bouches-du-Rhône, the BBC reported

In the towns of Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, between Montpellier and Marseille, dozens of residents were accommodated in emergency shelters after the floods hit, and roads and train lines in the area were disrupted, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot wrote in a post on X, both Reuters and the BBC reported.

“The water has risen to unprecedented levels,” Jacques Witkowski, prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, said in a statement on Wednesday, adding: “We are mobilised at an exceptional level to resolve several issues.” Forecasters said the weather would settle down in the south, but Storm Austen was expected to bring heavy winds across the northwest later on Thursday into Friday, weather agency Météo-France said, according to Reuters.

What is solid

  • At least four people died in storms and flooding in southern France, authorities said late on Wednesday (Reuters; BBC).
  • Two of the dead were women aged 86 and 26 found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region (BBC).
  • Dozens of people were moved to emergency shelters in Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, and roads and train lines were disrupted (Reuters; BBC).
  • Météo-France said Storm Austen would bring heavy winds to the northwest later on Thursday into Friday (Reuters).

What is only claimed

  • Authorities have not released further details about the fourth death, and reporting on the Corsica vehicle incident rests on local media reports cited by the BBC — Awaaz Punjab presents those details as reported, not as independently confirmed.