Two 17-year-old teenagers drowned on Saturday off the beaches of Narbonne the day after a warning from the Aude prefecture against a phenomenon of
"strong swell"
on the coast, we learned from the wooden floor.
“The two victims were 17 years old and came from Toulouse
,” Narbonne prosecutor Eric Camous told AFP.
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An investigation into the circumstances of the drowning has been opened, he added, stressing that medical examiners were due to examine the bodies on Monday.
A third person who was with them was able to be rescued and is in
"relative emergency"
, said the firefighters of Aude.
The young people bathed some 150 m from the beach, according to the same source.
“Dangerous swimming, strong swell expected on the Aude coast
,” tweeted the Aude prefecture on Friday.
The prefectures of Hérault, Gironde and Charente-Maritime in particular have also advised against swimming this weekend on the coast due to dangerous weather phenomena.
