ROGUEBILLIERE: Rescue workers on Monday found the bodies of three more victims of intense flooding that hammered southeast France over the weekend, with the toll expected to rise further as searches continue for survivors.
"I've lost everything. My house, 25 metres long , was engulfed by the Vesubie river," said Alain Brucy, 63, as trucks carrying water, baby food, toilet paper and other essentials arrived in Roquebilliere, a French village near the Italian border. Meteorologist Luca Mercalli told the Fatto Quotidiano daily Monday that in Limone Piemonte and the Roya Valley"some 600 millimetres of rain fell in fewer than 24 hours, half the annual average rainfall in just one day."Electricity and phone service remained down across much of the region, and officials have closed off access to hikers and climbers so that mountain rescue teams can focus on the search for victims.
"They've been at it since this morning, and they're doing what they can but you see that ladder over there - that's where the bridge was washed away," said Josiane Osanga, 78, in the village of Breil-sur-Roya.
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