The body of a caregiver missing since Saturday during bad weather in the Gard was found Wednesday, September 23, bringing the toll of rains and torrential floods that affected the department to two deaths, according to the prefecture.
The body of the sixty-year-old was found in Saint Julien-de-la-Nef, several kilometers from where she had disappeared and from the place where her crushed vehicle had been discovered.
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This is the person who disappeared on Saturday, September 19 in the Saint-André-de-Majencoules sector and whose vehicle was found the next day in the town of Pont d'Hérault
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On Tuesday, the body of another missing, a fifty-something, municipal employee in Val d'Aigoual, was found by firefighters with the help of a dog team.
The prefect of Gard Didier Lauga triggered a red alert on the department on Saturday.
Downpours fell on the foothills of the Cévennes massif and streams like the Gardon d'Anduze experienced rapid flooding, with a rise of six meters in two hours, forcing the authorities to evacuate several hundred people as a precaution.
