Massive floods caused serious damage and power outages on Friday in parts of France's mountainous southeast region after days of heavy rain, though there were no immediate reports of any casualties.

Major flooding caused swathes of France’s southeast region to suffer significant damage and power outages after days of heavy rain. But the red flood alert placed on six departments was downgraded to orange on Friday – a sign the water levels are expected to come down.

Heavy rains in France cause severe flooding with cars and roads submerged:::: Givors, France:: Labegude, France:: “It’s true that the rain was forecast, but we didn’t expect it to come in an instant,

Flooding struck southeastern France on Thursday, October 17, prompting evacuations in some communities, triggering the highest alert in six departments, and disrupting train services RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “Centre Charles Marchisio - UCOL via Spectee”.