VIDEO: Flash floods on French Riviera kill at least 10

Sudden heavy rains around the French Riviera have killed at least 10 people, including some trapped in cars, a campsite and a retirement home.

VIDEO: Flash floods on French Riviera kill at least 10

Sudden heavy rains around the French Riviera have killed at least 10 people, including some trapped in cars, a campsite and a retirement home.

Helicopters patrolled the region to look for other flood victims and 27,000 homes were without electricity on Sunday, after the Brague River overflowed its banks and fierce thunderstorms poured more than 17 centimetres (6.7in) of rain on the Cannes region in two hours on Saturday night.

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