Number Of Flood Victims In Southern France Climbs To 6 - Reports

The number of victims of the flood caused by heavy rains in the southern French department of Aude has climbed to six, local media reported on Monday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th October, 2018) The number of victims of the flood caused by heavy rains in the southern French department of Aude has climbed to six, local media reported on Monday.

Earlier in the day, one person was reported dead and two others missing.

French radio station Europe 1 reported that two of the six victims were found dead in the Aude's commune of Villegailhenc, while another one was found dead in the commune of Villardonnel, also located in Aude. The details on three other fatalities have not been specified.

A person living in the Aude's commune of Cuxac-d'Aude was injured as a house collapsed due to the flood.

Europe 1 reported, citing French service monitoring water levels Vigicrues, that this was the greatest flood in the region since 1891.

In 1891, the water level in the Aude River amounted to the record high seven meters (0.004 miles), and on Monday the water level is reportedly verging toward seven meters as well.

Earlier in the day, Aude's prefecture said that heavy rains and thunderstorms continued in the department, with the rainfall reaching over 180 millimeters. French meteorological office Meteo France announced the red alert level in Aude, which is the highest alert level, over exceptional rainfalls in the department.