Roads and bridges suffered major damage in Le Lavandou, the commune’s mayor said. Le Lavandou sits around 30km (18 miles) east of St Tropez, and is a popular holiday spot on the French Riviera.

River flooding forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France. The shrine complex remained open to visitors. A morning Mass, however ...

Approximately 450 pilgrims to the Lourdes shrine in France were evacuated after heavy rainfall caused flooding, submerging the popular pilgrimage site. Hundreds of pilgrims to the famous Lourdes ...

It shows the sanctuary in Lourdes, which was inundated ... In the Hautes-Pyrénées region, Météo-France authorities have declared a flood alert. Read also: ...

Cars partially submerged in a commercial zone in Givors, south of Lyon in central-eastern France, following heavy rainfall in the area on Thursday. Credit...Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/Agence France ...

A new spell of rain in northern France on Monday forced school closures and brought fears of fresh misery after devastating floods hit the department of Pas-de-Calais last week. Officials said ...

Areas surrounding the river have been give France's highest flood alert warning, with rain that started on Sunday continuing to devastate low-lying communities. While no large-scale evacuations ...

Storm Herminia has unleashed downpours in western France, with parts of Brittany put on red weather alert Monday, while eight other French departments were put on orange alert for flooding ...

France Remains on Alert as Heavy Rains Flood Homes and Crops Orange warning for many parts of the southwest in place Friday Rain has flooded cities, delayed crop harvesting and planting ...

France's prime minister said Friday that firefighters and other rescuers have been involved in about 2,300 operations, some of them lifesaving, in what appears to be the biggest flooding in 40 ...