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France issues red alert for flooding due to heavy rains

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Due to “exceptional rain,” which the French weather agency reported was as much as 630 mm (24.8 inches) in one area in 48 hours, six French departments were put on red alert for floods. French departments are administrative divisions that resemble counties in the United States or Britain.  The areas covered by the red alert include Lyon, the third-largest city in the country, as well as Cannes, famed for its film […]