
A car swept away by the waves on the RT10 between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio
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Torrential rains have fallen on Corsica since Thursday morning, causing flooding and landslides, particularly in the Porto-Vecchio region.
Bad weather left two victims in Corsica-du-Sud. Two people were found dead by firefighters, the Corse-du-Sud prefecture announced on Friday, November 6 to France 3 Corse ViaStella and Ici RCFM.
According to the prefecture, a car with three people on board was swept away by the waves, around 1 a.m. in the night from Thursday to Friday on the RT10 between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio. One of them “managed to escape and was rescued by the SIS and evacuated by helicopter to the Porto-Vecchio clinic,” said this source, adding that the two other passengers were then found dead inside the vehicle.
“We are of course in shock,” reacted the mayor of Porto-Vecchio, Jean-Christophe Angelini, to franceinfo. “Our thoughts are with the family, with the people affected by this tragedy,” he added, also reporting “terrible” damage in the town.
The torrential rains which fell on the island since Thursday morning caused significant flooding and landslides in the Porto-Vecchio region. Roads were cut and houses invaded by water, reports France 3 Corse ViaStella. On the east coast of Corsica, Météo-France has recorded since Wednesday afternoon "150 to 250 mm on an axis between Figari and the south-east of Corte, occasionally up to 300 to 350 mm on the relief", or even "283 mm in Conca" and "205 mm in La Chiappa near Porto-Vecchio".
A vehicle was swept away by the waves on the RT10 between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio on the night of November 5 to 6, killing two of its three occupants. A 40-year-old woman was rescued by the SIS and evacuated by helicopter to the Porto-Vecchio clinic.

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Météo-France maintains orange “rain-flood” vigilance in Corsica until midday Friday. Cumulative amounts of 150 to 350 mm have been recorded since Wednesday, causing flooding and landslides, particularly around Porto-Vecchio. Gard and Hérault also recorded heavy rainfall.
A Mediterranean episode causes flooding in Hérault. The prefecture has activated a crisis unit and Météo-France is maintaining an orange rain-flood vigilance in the east of the department and the south of Gard.
Corsica is placed on orange rain-flood alert until midnight Thursday, with accumulations of 150 to 200 mm expected and up to 300 mm locally on the relief. Intense rains have already led to the safety of 20 people and the flooding of 10 houses in the south of the island. The Haute-Corse prefecture prohibits school trips and access to the GR20.

Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud are on orange alert for risks of rain and flooding. Météo-France anticipates accumulations greater than 200 mm on the eastern facade, with an intensification expected until Thursday.