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

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. France's weather authority Meteo France placed six departments south of the city of Lyon on a red flood alert on Thursday.

Torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern France, prompting red alerts and school closures in the Ardèche.