Rescue workers find bodies of three more victims after intense flooding that hammered southeast France over weekend
"I've lost everything. My house, 25 metres long, was engulfed by the Vesubie river," said Alain Brucy, 63, as trucks carrying water, baby food, toilet paper, and other essentials arrived in Roquebilliere, a French village near the Italian border.
"The priority is to evacuate those who want to leave this war zone they've been living in for the past two days," the government's top regional official, Bernard Gonzalez, told AFP, saying some areas looked as if they had been "bombarded."Gonzalez said four bodies found on a beach in Liguria, Italy, on Sunday most likely came from cemeteries swept away when rivers overran their banks.
Scores of tractors have been deployed to help the villages dig out, including several brought in by French army regiments. Nearby, residents used a bow and arrow to construct a makeshift zip line for sending over medicine and other items to houses trapped on the far side of the river.
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