Antibes, Dhu-AlHijjah 20, 1436, Oct 4, 2015, SPA -- Flash flooding around the French Riviera has killed at least 16 people, some drowned in a retirement home and others trapped in cars and campsites. Torrents of muddy water inundated buildings, roads and railway tracks, disrupting movement along the Mediterranean coast Sunday. Helicopters patrolled the area and 27,000 homes were without electricity Sunday after rivers and streams overflowed their banks and fierce thunderstorms poured more than 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) of rain on the Cannes region in two hours Saturday night. That is the equivalent of two months of rainfall for the region, AP reported. Hollande said the overall death toll by midday Sunday was 16, with three still missing. "It's not over," Hollande said, visiting the flood-stricken retirement home in the town of Biot and meeting with emergency workers. --SPA 17:12 LOCAL TIME 14:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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