PARIS, Oct 22 (Reuters) – At least three people have died related to storms and flooding in southern France, local authorities said late on Wednesday, as authorities in western France prepared for a storm approaching from Ireland.
• Three people have died and one person has been injured in flooding and in Mouries and Saint-Martin-de-Crau, two small towns between Montpellier and Marseille, dozens of people were being housed in emergency shelters
• “The water has risen to unprecedented levels,” Jacques Witkowski, the prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhone region, said in a statement late on Wednesday
• The weather in the south was expected to calm, while a storm was expected to hit western France overnight on Thursday
• Storm Austen is expected to bring heavy winds across the northwest, Meteo France, the country’s weather agency, said
(Reporting by Makini BriceEditing by Ros Russell)
