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04/05/2013 - France

Floods, torrential rainfall hit eastern France

Floods hit eastern France on Friday, forcing rescue workers to evacuate homes in Burgundy and save three people trapped in their car as a river burst its banks.

08/03/2013 - France

South of France counts cost of week of flooding and avalanches

France is to declare a state of natural catastrophe in the south-western Pyrénées Orientales area after floods have driven hundreds from their home and left one motorist drowned, ...

10/11/2012 - Report: Zimbabwe

Lightning kills family of five in Zimbabwe

Five people have been killed by a single bolt of lightning in northern Zimbabwe.

31/10/2012 - France - United States

Air France resumes flights to Washington, New York

Air France resumed flights to Washington on Wednesday and expected to start flying to New York again during the day.

31/10/2012 - France - United States

France offers help to US after Hurricane Sandy

France offered to help the storm-struck US on Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the American east coast, killing over 30 people and causing billions of dollars-worth of damage.

30/10/2012 - France - Caribbean

Six French reported missing return safe despite Hurricane Sandy

Six French nationals who were reported missing in the Carribean after Hurricane Sandy passed through the region returned to port in Martinique safe and sound, according to local rescue ...

30/10/2012 - France - United States

Air France cancels US flights due to Hurricane Sandy

Air France has cancelled all flights to or from New York and Washington due to Hurricane Sandy. But the airline is still flying to Boston, according to its website.

29/10/2012 - France

France counts the cost of storm-hit weekend

French rescue services halted the search for a windsurfer missing off the south coast but the hunt for 12-year-old British boy, Pierre Barnes, continued.

29/10/2012 - France - Caribbean

Six or seven French missing at sea after Hurricane Sandy hits Caribbean

Six or seven French nationals are missing in the Caribbean after Hurricane Sandy passed near the area where they were sailing.

21/10/2012 - France

Lourdes damage put at hundreds of thousands of euros

Floods have caused hundreds of thousands of euros-worth of damage to the sanctuaries at Lourdes, visited by millions of Catholics every year.

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