He has not yet been formally identified.
A body was discovered Tuesday evening in Ardèche downstream from the place where a man disappeared after severe weather over the weekend, but emergency services were unable to access it, the department's prefecture said.
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The body was reported by hunters and relatives of the man missing since Saturday evening in Saint-Martin-de-Valamas, the prefecture said.
“The location is currently inaccessible by police and fire units” and the body could not be identified, she continued.
A new attempt to access it will take place on Wednesday morning.
The body was discovered in the river
the Eyrieux,
according to France Bleu Drôme Ardèche.
13-year-old boy still missing
According to a gendarmerie source, the missing person is the manager of a hydroelectric power station who had gone to check its installation.
He would be 73 years old, indicates France Bleu.
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Depression Monica: the body of a little girl found in Gard
The violent bad weather over the weekend in the South-East left six dead, including a four-year-old girl in Gard.
His 13-year-old brother was still missing Tuesday evening.