Flooding from record rains in a mountainous region of France and Italy has killed two people and left at least nine missing. Storm Alex ravaged villages around the city of Nice on the French Riviera, sweeping away roads and damaging homes. The storm moved across south-eastern France before hitting northern Italy
Main image: Damage in Saint-Martin-Vesubie in south-eastern France. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images
Mon 5 Oct 2020 08.09 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 17.06 GMT
Flood damage near Roquebillière in the Vallée de la Vésubie
Meteo France said rainfall of 500mm (19.69ins) of rain was registered over 24 hours in Saint-Martin-Vésubie and close to 400mm in several other towns – the equivalent of more than three months of rain at this time of the year
The mayor of Nic, Christian Estrosi, called the flooding the worst flooding disaster in the area for more than a century after flying over the worst-hit area by helicopter
Photograph: Etat-Major des Armees/AFP/Getty Images
