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President Francois Hollande has been because of for you to visit the particular region, which lies at the eastern finish involving France's Mediterranean coast and borders Italy, down the particular road Sunday.

In Nice, flights had been briefly diverted from city's airport in Saturday evening and any few passengers remained held available on the actual internet for about Sunday morning, officials said.

A soccer match between the town's team as well as Nantes for that French first division had been abandoned midway due towards the rain, while countless everyone was stranded overnight at a concert venue following participating in the present by simply French rock legend Johnny Hallyday..

The flooding cut off a nearby stretch of the A8 motorway overnight and also left thousands of homes without having electricity.

NICE Flash floods caused by torrential rain together a component of your French Riviera killed no less than 13 people as well as left a quantity of others missing, officials said Sunday.

The downpour hit the Alpes-Maritimes region about Saturday evening, with just about all the resort town regarding Cannes, registering close to 180 millimeters (7.1 inches) of rain throughout 3 hours at the height of the stormy weather, the actual interior ministry said.

The victims included 3 people killed at a retirement house which was flooded within Biot and a individual who died with a campsite within Antibes, nearby officials said, adding that 6 folks were still reported missing.

In Cannes, residence towards the prestigious annual film festival, the particular train station has been flooded, leading for the interruption associated with neighborhood rail services, although cars were swept alongside streets through torrents