SAINT-MARTIN-VESUBIE – SAINT-MARTIN-A van clings to the edge of an Alpine ravine, tossed by an exceptional storm.
A tattered French flag hangs off a tree uprooted by vicious floods. Emergency medics treat injured residents in a brasserie converted into a field hospital.With at least 12 dead and others missing, France and Italy are still assessing damage and cleaning up after violent rains that began Friday, sweeping away homes and unearthing bodies from cemeteries.
French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the mountainous area near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, and promised government aid to flood victims. “The nation will not abandon any of its territories, any of its children,” he said in a Facebook post before the trip. “Together.