A body in the process of identification found in Lantosque after the floods

Between Lantosque and Bollène-Vésubie, the road was washed away after the Mirail valley -

After the fatal floods of October 2 in the ravaged valleys of the Alpes-Maritimes., A new body has just been found by rescuers.

It was discovered during the weekend in an ice jam in the village of Lantosque, below Saint-Martin-Vésubie and Roquebillière, the Nice prosecutor's office said Monday at

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"The identification is in progress", also specified this same source.

For now, the bodies of five people, victims of the floods, have been formally identified.

Thirteen people are still officially missing.

The difficulty of identifying bodies

On October 14, the gendarmes in charge of the research already testified to the difficulty of identifying the bodies.

Especially since two cemeteries were swept away in the storm.

"Already after four to five days in an aquatic environment, it becomes very difficult, if not impossible, to determine whether it is the body of a recently deceased person or whether it is a question of an older death. », Explained Colonel Nicolas Thiburce, head of the unit for identifying victims of natural disasters.

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