The Gard was hit by violent floods, especially in Valleraugue.
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D. Tral / Météo Languedoc
Three days after the violent bad weather that hit the Gard, this weekend, the body of a 56-year-old man, missing, was found by the firefighters.
The corpse of this municipal employee of Val d'Aigoual, one of the municipalities hard hit by the Cevennes episode, was discovered on Tuesday morning.
The judicial identification brigade of the national gendarmerie has just confirmed the identity of the man reported missing on Sunday, indicates the prefecture of Gard.
The nursing assistant cannot be found
The search continues to try to find the other person missing this weekend.
This 64-year-old caregiver, who was driving near the Hérault, in flood, has not been found since Saturday, at the beginning of the afternoon.
“The more time passes, the more pessimistic we are about its survival.
It would take a miracle for us to find her alive now, ”Prefect Didier Lauga said this weekend.
“We located his vehicle several kilometers downstream from the point where it had been washed away.
Search operations continue.
On the ground, with personnel specializing in whitewater rescue, dog teams, and also by air vector with civil security helicopters, ”added the captain of the Gard firefighters, Ludovic Billa.
In the department, certain communes of the Gard suffered very heavy damage, in particular Valleraugue.
In some corners of the Cévennes, up to 700 mm of rain fell in a few hours, causing heavy floods.
Valleraugue devastated ... # AlerteRouge #Gard #cevennes pic.twitter.com/8ZDoscSdRV
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