6 November 2008
Floods in France
Posted by Dave Petley
France is currently suffering some terrible flooding that is also resulting in a serious threat of mudslides to the extent that some motorways (freeways) have had to be closed.
Although not really landslides, I felt I just had to show the following pictures of the Grangent reservoir on the Loire valley, which has trapped an extraordinary amount of debris washed down the river as a result of the rainfall:


There are also some fantastic pictures and videos, such as the image below, on this blog site (in French).