The French Interior Ministry says the death toll from flash floods in southwest France has nearly doubled to 13.
Ministry spokesman Frederic de Lanouvelle said on Monday that one other person is missing and five others are seriously hurt after flash floods tore through towns, turning streams into raging torrents.
Authorities said that several months worth of rain fell in just a few hours in the night.
Mr de Lanouvelle said nine of the 13 dead were clustered in one town, Trebes, in the Aude region. The official said the death toll could still rise further.
In Trebes, there was reports of flood waters reaching seven metres in depth.
Some people had to be helicoptered to safety from the roofs of their homes as overnight storms dumped several months of rain in just a few hours.
Reuters / Newshub.
