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While torrential rains fall on the Vésubie valley, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture confirms to
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that research is underway concerning a person who could have been taken to Saint-Martin-Vésubie around 3 p.m.
According to Nice-Matin, she is a retiree living in the village.
"She would have been seen for the last time under the Vesubia park", specifies the local daily.
🔴⛈ 02/10/2020 at 4.30 p.m .: In #direct from # SaintMartinVésubie (06) where the # Boréon river has turned into a real torrent which ravages everything in its path.
📸 # Video by Lionel Lecourtier Photos Mercantour.
@VigiMeteoFrance # Meteo06 # Nice06 #CotedAzurFrance pic.twitter.com/vsZbCC5fiX
- Météo Côte d'Azur ☀️ (@MeteoCotedAzur) October 2, 2020
In this town in the high country, Météo France has recorded 235 mm of rain in recent hours.
A bridge was washed away.
The scene was filmed, the images are impressive.
La Vésubie has experienced a brutal flood since midday.
His level went from normal, 0.55 meters, to more than 8 meters in just 4 hours according to Vigicrues.
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