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Two people were killed and 12 others injured as strong winds hit the French island of Corsica.
This is as storms have left about 1,000 households without electricity in mainland France.
Corsica, a key tourist destination, on Thursday became the centre of a low-pressure area marked by intense storms, heavy rain and winds of more than 220 kilometres per hour.
A girl aged 13 and a 72-year-old woman were killed, the Islands prefect’s office said, adding that 12 people were injured.
Meanwhile, grid operator Enedis said about 1,000 households were without electricity after a storm destroyed some infrastructure in the southern Loire and Ain departments.
Parts of France have had more rains than in all recent months, with substantial flooding as a result after weeks of heatwaves and drought degraded the soil’s capacity to absorb water.
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