Saint-Martin-Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes)
All of a sudden, a rocky boulder of a ton and a half, dislodged by a rope access technician equipped with a purge rod allowing to pry, descends along the cliff before finishing its course on the road which leads to Saint -Martin-Vésubie.
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Can you imagine if it falls on the roof of a car!"
», Launches the mayor (LR) of Nice, Christian Estrosi.
Three months after the devastating floods that hit the Vésubie and Roya valleys, the elected official came to inspect by helicopter this Friday the reinforcement work in this region traumatized by storm Alex and, at the same time, launch the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 for people over 75 years old.
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Seen from the sky, this alpine valley still bears the scars of bad weather.
There, in Basse-Vésubie, the road had just been rebuilt at the beginning of December when the cliff, at the first cold snap, collapsed.
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Suddenly, we have installed a temporary track in the bed of the river, this will allow
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