More families evacuated as French rivers continue to rise

In the northern province of Seine-Maritime, over 50 families were evacuated from their homes in several communities overnight, local rescue services said.

In addition, a number of local roads and motorways were closed to traffic.

In the province of Rhone, some 300 houses were flooded and a number of villages cut off as the river Saone rose to more than one metre above flood level.

In the first three weeks of March, three times the average rainfall for the month fell on much of the country.

(dpa)