Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP 4:40 p.m., March 10, 2024

A lifeless body was found in Gard this Sunday.

The south-east of the country is facing the passage of storm Monica, causing significant damage in its path.

Several people are still missing.

A lifeless body was discovered on Sunday by emergency services who were looking for a man who disappeared on Saturday evening in Gagnières (Gard) during the violent bad weather which hit the south-east of France, the Gard prefecture said.

A car with two occupants, of Belgian nationality, had been swept away by the waves while passing over a submersible bridge.

One of the occupants was able to get out and be saved by rescuers.

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