Seven Missing as Violent Storms Cause Devastation in Southern France

Rescue efforts intensify for seven individuals, including two children, after floods sweep vehicles away in Gard and Ardeche.

French rescue workers are searching for seven people, including two children, missing after violent storms hit southern France, with most believed to have been swept away in cars on flooded bridges.
A family of four, including two children aged four and 13, was caught in the floods while trying to drive across a bridge over the river Gardon in the village of Dions, north of the city of Nimes.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin reported that rescuers had carried out a total of 35 operations as the storm and torrential rains swept across the Ardeche and Gard departments.
Despite multiple warnings about the incoming storm, dangerous behavior by individuals has been noted, complicating rescue efforts.
Search efforts are supported by divers, drones, dogs, and helicopters, with all vehicles swept away found but no trace of the missing individuals.