The French Prime Minister has assured that “this meteorological episode is likely to intensify in the coming hours” and has asked everyone to “exercise caution”
A man has died this Thursday and two girls aged three and five have been injured by the heavy rains that have affected the capital of France, Parisand which have caused flooding and the closure of highways and railway lines.
a tree fell to the road in the 19th arrondissement of Paris when a man and the two minors were passing by. The male has succumbed to his injuries and died, but the girls have received medical treatment, EP reports. His mother was later transferred after feeling unwell, as BFM TV has learned.
Shortly before, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier stated that his “thoughts are with those seriously affected by the floods and heavy rains in the southeast” of the country. «This weather episode is likely to intensify in the next few hours. “I urge everyone to exercise extreme caution,” he warned.
The Minister of Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, has recognized that bad weather presents “a unprecedented intensity», after six departments have activated the red alert for floods and rain. «Follow safety instructions. “They are made to protect you and protect the professionals involved in relief,” he added.
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