"A 56-year-old man, municipal employee in Val d'Aigoual, was found lifeless in the area of the hamlet of Taleyrac, at the end of the morning, by the firefighters with the help of a dog team", a announced the prefecture of Gard.
The body of the man missing following the bad weather that hit the Gard this weekend was found Tuesday, while a nursing assistant is still being sought, the prefecture said in a statement.
"A 56-year-old man, municipal employee in Val d'Aigoual, was found lifeless in the area of the hamlet of Taleyrac, at the end of the morning, by the firefighters with the help of a dog team", a announced the prefecture.
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The judicial identification brigade of the national gendarmerie has just confirmed the identity of this man whose absence had been reported on Sunday, she said, ensuring that searches continue to find the second person, missing since Saturday in early afternoon.
This 64-year-old caregiver was traveling in the Pont d'Hérault sector when her vehicle was washed away by torrential waters.
"It would take a miracle to find her alive"
His car was found several kilometers away, empty and crushed by the force of the current.
"It would take a miracle to find her alive," the prefect of Gard Didier Lauga said on Sunday morning.
The prefect had triggered a red alert on the department on Saturday.
Downpours fell on the foothills of the Cévennes massif and streams like the Gardon d'Anduze experienced rapid flooding, with a rise of six meters in two hours, forcing the authorities to evacuate several hundred people as a precaution.