During his trip to the areas devastated by the passage of storm Alex on Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron confirmed that the decree proclaiming the state of natural disaster had been signed.

"It is going" "said the head of state from Tende.

Coming to support residents traumatized by the destruction caused by storm Alex, Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday to the victims that the decree proclaiming the state of natural disaster had been signed.

From Tende, a locality affected by the floods, the Head of State indicated that this order would "the order proclaiming the state of natural disaster had been signed"

A billion euros in damage?

"The Nation will be present in the long term", assured the President of the Republic, while these mountain regions offer a landscape of desolation: dozens of houses have been swallowed up by water or gutted, bridges and roads torn up, destroyed drinking water networks.

The cost of reconstruction is estimated at one billion euros, said the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region Renaud Muselier based on figures from the prefect.