In the Roya valley, after the severe bad weather on Friday, residents are cut off from the world.

Without water, electricity, road or bridge, they use the D system for refueling.

Three municipalities are still inaccessible: Saorge, Tende and Fontan.

Europe 1 went there. 

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In the South-East, the human toll after the bad weather on Friday has further increased.

Three new bodies were discovered Monday bringing the death toll on the French side to four.

In the Alpes-Maritimes, the situation is still critical.

On the side of the Roya valley, three towns remain completely inaccessible by road: Saorge, Tende and Fontan.

For the inhabitants and their relatives, it is the D system to link the villages together.

Without roads, bridges and with flooded tunnels, only helicopters provide supplies.

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The more courageous try walking, sometimes in the mud, in the middle of the scree for kilometers to reach the most isolated villages.

"There is a hassle, on foot it is better not to try. This is the first round trip we do," says a walker.

"We come from Saorge, we are several teams to go down to help the supplies. We will take medicine, diapers, food to bring them back to the village. In food, we are on our stocks," said another.

A zipline for refueling

The machines are active to clear the debris of wood that litter the departmental, smashed.

Now we have to repair and rebuild.

After Breil-sur-Roya, the railway line is at a standstill.

On the other side of the river, on the bank, some isolated inhabitants have installed a zip line for refueling.

"These are means of fortune and solidarity between neighbors. On the other side, they have no access to anything at all since there is no longer a bridge. And we cannot yet cross the river, the Roya is still dismantled ", confides a Breilloise.

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“Everything is destroyed. No water, no electricity, no means of communication: we had the impression of being alone in the world,” she adds, still moved.

The airlift should intensify further in the coming days because it will take time to repair all the access roads to these municipalities.