At least 13 people are known to have died on Sunday night as flash floods swept through villages around the southern French city of Carcassonne, according to the interior ministry’s rescue service.
In the village of Villegailhenc, the Trapel River swelled to such an extent that it swept away at least one road bridge.
French emergency service personnel have been out rescuing people from the floods and experts say it could be the worst flooding in the area for a century.
Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Paris.
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