Heavy rains caused flooding in parts of southern France and Italy over the past week, resulting in at least seven deaths between the two countries. Several hundred people were evacuated in France, with more than 700 evacuated from the Alpes-Maritime region since Saturday alone. Many roads had to be closed due to flooding from the heavy rains.

1. Floods in France and Italy

2. Parts of southern France have been hit by bad weather, in particular heavy rains in
recent days which have led to flooding.

3. Three flood-related deaths have been reported - two in the Var region and one in Herault
- and several hundreds of people have been evacuated.

4. Some roads had to be closed as a result of the flooding

5. Some roads had to be closed as a result of the flooding

6. More than 700 people have been evacuated from Alpes-Maritime since Saturday.

7. Twelve regions were still on alert on Sunday, AFP reported

8. Parts of neighbouring Italy have also been hit by heavy rains. Several people died as
flash flooding wreaked havoc in the north-western port city of Genoa on Friday.

9. One man died near Naples on Sunday when a tree fell on a car following torrential rains,
bringing the week's country-wide death toll to at least seven.