Ten people died and eight others were missing Wednesday morning, in the Var department (south-eastern France), following torrential rains that flooded several villages, among which Draguignan , according to a report of the prefecture, cited by AFP , monitored by Mediafax . "Three people died in Draguignan, one at Muy , one to Luc, and another one at Arcs in Roquebrune-sur-Argens , said deputy prefect of Draguignan, Corinne Orzechowski. While rescuers are deployed, some residents and children were stranded outside the house, on the rooftops of shops in Draguignan, in buildings where they took refuge, and schools. La Luc, the corpse of a woman floating on Tuesday evening on the water that crosses the city, the current being too strong to allow an intervention, gendarmes said. At Draguignan, residents were surprised by how quickly the water level rose, two people lost their lives in the Var prefecture said. "Northern and central (locality) Draguignan are under water. (Water level) is a few meters," said Corinne Orzechowski. Towns near Draguignan "extremely affected" Orzechowski continued, adding that only boats and helicopters were able to intervene. The water level rose rapidly by 50 inches, then 60, then two feet, found an AFP correspondent, trapped by floods at Draguignan. Aurelie Chausselin, a young woman preparing to take his daughter to go home after work, said he was locked in the car. "I could not get out. Two firefighters took me out of the car and came swimming to the building," she said. Vehicles, including trucks without drivers, floating down the street. Since the beginning of weather on the night of Monday to Tuesday, the average rainfall in the Var, reached between 40 and 80 millimeters to 264 millimeters and the common LORGUES, said the prefecture. Rescue services in the region some 600 interventions were performed. Over a thousand men, had come from neighboring departments were mobilized to rescue people in this department and unblocking streets, and eight helicopters. According to the prefecture, about 100,000 homes were still without electricity early evening. High precipitation were still expected in both the department and the department of Bouches-du-Rhone, according to national meteorological service, Météo-France, which placed the region on alert. Another consequence of such torrential rain that flooded the lines of the National Railway Company (SNCF) on the local level Carnoules (Var) is the total interruption of railway traffic between Nice and Toulon until Wednesday morning, according to SNCF.

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