Man missing and 1,600 evacuated as floods hit southern France
by Associated Press in Paris from Environment | The Guardian on (#3WGWS)
Helicopters, divers and hundreds of firefighters involved in rescue after torrent swept through campsite in Gard region
A German man in his 70s, who was helping supervise children at a campsite in south-east France, was missing on Thursday after being swept away by floodwaters, police said.
The 75-year-old man was accompanying a group of around 100 German children who were evacuated from a campsite in Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas, some 60km (37 miles) north of Avignon in the Gard region.
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