France Flooding: At Least Five Dead, Thousands Evacuated

Days of heavy rain in southern France triggered flash floods and severe river flooding, killing at least five people and forcing the evacuations of thousands.
"The culprit was a stuck upper-level low over the western Mediterranean Sea cutoff from the main jet stream," weather.com senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman. "While this first low will weaken and slide east, another closed low aloft may form over the Iberian peninsula later this week, bringing more locally heavy rain to the south of France later this week."
Rain and flooding has plagued the south of France this year. In September and October, two major flash flooding events swept through Montpellier, France. The second event dumped more than 10 inches of rain, causing a torrent of floodwater to rush through the city and its soccer stadium, severely damaging the structure.
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