Storm Adam Kills Four in Southern France — SkimNews
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- Storm Adam triggered widespread flooding across southern France on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring one, including two women aged 86 and 26 found drowned in a cellar in Bouches-du-Rhône.
- In Corsica, a 4x4 vehicle was swept away by floodwaters; one occupant escaped through a window while another man was found dead, per local media.
- Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said roads and train lines in the region were disrupted, as dozens of residents in the towns of Mouriès and Saint-Martin-de-Crau were housed in emergency shelters.
- Bouches-du-Rhône prefect Jacques Witkowski said water had risen to "unprecedented levels," with authorities mobilized at an "exceptional level" to respond.
- Météo-France issued an orange-level wind warning for five western departments — Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Manche — ahead of Storm Austen arriving Thursday evening into Friday.
- Storm Adam also killed at least three in eastern Spain, where the Valencian government approved a €23.5m (£20m) aid package and PM Pedro Sanchez pledged national reconstruction resources.
Why it matters: Two named storms are hitting France in quick succession: Storm Adam has already caused four deaths and 'unprecedented' water levels in the south, and Storm Austen will trigger wind warnings across five more departments within roughly 48 hours. Emergency shelters are already full in the Bouches-du-Rhône, and authorities say they are running at 'exceptional' mobilization — recovery work has barely begun before the next system makes landfall.
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