Seven people are missing after violent storms in the south of France. Several people were torn from their cars by the floodwaters on Saturday evening - including two children.
The missing people's cars had been found, but not the occupants, French Interior Minister Gérald Darman said on Sunday. The orange warning level was declared in Le Gard and six other departments on Saturday due to very heavy rainfall caused by the storm “Monica” Several thousand households north of Nice in the border region with Italy were temporarily without power.