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On Tuesday, the south eastern area of France was hit with heavy downfalls of rain. Possibly more the 19 people have perished in the flash flooding of the area.

There are man other people that have yet to be found in the mountain area above Cote D’Azur.

There were many towns affected by the flash floods and hundreds of homes with water in them.

The national weather service of France, Meteo France, has announced that about 15.7 inches of rain has fallen since Tuesday.

According to meterologists, this is the worst flooding in the area since 1827.

There are about 2,000 rescue members that have been brought into the needed areas around Draguignan. It has suffered the most from the flooding. Draguignan is near the Mediterranean coast. They are being brought in to help people who could be trapped in their cars or home.

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fThis Saturday France has encountered one of the worst storms since the devastating storm in 1988, which claimed over 80 lives.

The Atlantic depression which was observed a couple of days ago have intensified while passing through the warm waters western Atlantic and landed in the North West part of France.

It was in the early hours that the storm has landed in the city of Nantes, with winds flowing at 172 km/h.
Slowly the storm progressed into deep France where most of the cities have been shook by the fierce winds and heavy rains.

Many trees have been uprooted by the heavy winds which are blowing away the peace of the country. As a result most of the places around that region are out of power and are having problems with navigation and communication.
The course of the storm is detected south and is expected to die down in the due course.

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As if problems caused by the early snow fall weren’t enough for France and Spain, a new problem has just been surfaced by the Meteorological department of both the countries.
They say that a tropical low depression presently in Atlantic will soon run through the cities expected to create havoc and devastation.
Researchers are afraid that the low pressure storm might build up its intensity before hitting the land.
Spain would be the first in line to receive the storm. Tracking the path of the storm it is expected to show up in the northern Spain, where already several gale winds and heavy snow fall are in course of their devastation.
With the storm increasing the rate of the climatic changes heavy rainfalls are expected to pour down the country in the next few days.
Once the winds pick up speed they will head towards southern France and then move onto the Northern Italy.
Due to heavy snow fall and mist Public service sectors are already facing problems in clearing the snow from the roads, making transport difficult.
Now with the help of the storm and heavy rains blizzards are expected to form in such places.
Warnings have been issued to most of the places and members from sensitive areas are being shifted to safe areas to avoid any life damage.

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The European continents have been hit hard by torrential storm, which was being described as the fiercest over a decade.

Hurricane and torrential rains were distributed throughout the continent ranging from Spain to France. Northern Spain was under strong hurricane-force wind, whereby the roof of a sports hall was blown down near Barcelona, killing four children. Another 11 deaths were reported separately in Spain and southwestern France as the fiercest storm swept through from the Atlantic.

The strongest storm was reported to have been concentrated on the French southwestern region, which has been described by BBC meteorologist as the most damaging since December 1999. Winds and torrential rains were reported to have reached an all time high of 172km/h (107mph). Power supplies have been cut off, leaving more than 1.5 million homes in France without access to electricity. Roads, railway links, and airports were impaired as well.

The storm is expected to leave southeast coast of France, while heading towards northern Italy and the Adriatic.

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