Floods That Hit Italy, France Leave at Least 9 People Dead, Over a Dozen Still Missing

A woman’s body was discovered Monday in the Mediterranean Sea, bringing to at least nine the number of people killed in severe mountain flooding.

This aerial view provided on Oct.4, 2020 by the Alpes Maritimes region fire brigade show a house keeping a fragile balance on a hill while a rive floods on Oct.3. 2020 near La Vesubie, southern France. SDIS 06 via AP

PARIS—A woman’s body was discovered Monday in the Mediterranean Sea, bringing to at least nine the number of people killed in severe mountain flooding at the border between France and Italy. Up to 20 others were feared missing in the devastation.

In Italy, rescuers recovered her body in the sea by the Ligurian province of Imperia. Five other bodies, all men, were found Sunday in the sea near San Remo, on the beach in the Italian border town of Ventimiglia and along the Imperia coast.