TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN FLOODS ON CORSICA

PARIS, NOVEMBER 6 /SRNA–Reuters/ – Two people were killed when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters on the French island of Corsica following heavy rainfall, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said. Nuñez said that a 40-year-old woman had been rescued. One of the firefighters involved in the rescue operation was taken to hospital, where he is being treated for hypothermia. France's national weather service, Météo-France, issued warnings of flooding and heavy rainfall in Corsica and southern France. Since the storm began on Wednesday afternoon, rainfall totals have reached as much as 350 millimeters per square meter.