Global warming is causing an increased frequency and severity of flood because it has caused an increase of water in the air.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/04/heavy-flooding-in-french-riviera-leaves-more-than-a-dozen-people-dead?CMP=share_btn_fb
Jessica Elgot and agencies
Oct. 4, 2015
Violent storms and flooding send water cascading through Antibes, Cannes and Nice, inundating a retirement home and killing three people inside
Nineteen people are feared dead after violent storms and severe flooding swept the French Riviera, including three people who drowned in a retirement home after a river broke its banks.
Heavy flooding along the Côte d’Azur on Saturday saw the river Brague burst its banks close to the city of Antibes, flooding a home for elderly people.
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More than 17cm (6.7in) of rain fell on the Cannes region in two hours, radio France Bleu Azur reported.
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Kovandzich said the walk home was daunting because the flooding had removed manhole covers. “You couldn’t immediately see where the holes might be because of the flowing water.”
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French weather forecasters said the worst storms had now passed over the French mainland and were heading for the Italian coast.
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