Storm ALEX the 2 days and aftermath devastating FRANCE (October 2-3, 2020)

At least four people have been killed in flooding in a mountainous border region of France and Italy, with rescue teams searching for others who are missing. French authorities deployed around 1,000 firefighters, four military helicopters and troops to help with the search for at least eight missing people, following storms that battered southeastern France before moving into northern Italy. Italy's Piedmont region saw levels of rain not seen since 1958, while areas of France suffered power outages as winds brought down power lines. Emergency workers in Italy recovered two corpses Sunday in northern Liguria that they feared may have been washed away as a result of the storms that killed two other people on Saturday. Floods washed away houses and destroyed roads and bridges surrounding the city of Nice on the French Riviera after almost a year's average rainfall fell in less than 12 hours. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said over 100 homes were destroyed or severely damaged.