The bodies of two inhabitants of the Roya valley, a couple, were identified after their discovery in Italy, bringing the toll of the exceptional floods of October 2 in the Alpes-Maritimes to nine dead, said Thursday, November 12, the prosecution of Nice.
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These two elderly people had been swept away by the waves in their house in Breil-sur-Roya, reports Nice-Matin, who revealed the information.
There are now nine people still missing, according to the prosecution.
The balance sheet is long and difficult to establish, in particular because of bodies exhumed from cemeteries which were washed away.
This situation complicates the work of the gendarmes to identify the real victims of the recent bad weather.
The floods of October 2 literally devastated parts of the Vésubie and Roya valleys in the Nice hinterland.
Colossal reconstruction of roads, bridges, water and electricity networks are needed at a cost of at least one billion euros.
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