1 person died in heavy rains on the French island of Corsica

It was reported that one person died in the heavy rains that have been effective for two days and caused floods in some places on the French island of Corsica.

According to local media, heavy rains negatively affected life in Corsica, where the French meteorological agency Meteo-France issued a red alert yesterday due to the risk of flood.

The lifeless body of a person in his 60s, whose car was caught in the flood in the Haute-Corse province of the island, where record rainfall fell, was found.

According to Meteo-France, houses and workplaces were also flooded on the island, where rainfall reached up to 600 millimeters per day.

Heavy rains were seen in the provinces of Var, Gard, Herault, Ardeche and Bouche-du-Rhone in the southeast of the country, and one person died in Bouche-du-Rhone province yesterday.