OREANDA-NEWS  Three people died due to flooding after heavy rains in southeastern France, Agence France-Presse reports, citing local authorities.

"Three people died due to the rampant elements on Tuesday in (department – ed.) Bouches-du-Rhone," the agency writes, reprinting the material cited by the newspaper Figaro.

Two women, aged 86 and 26, drowned in a basement in the commune of Lanson–Provence, northwest of Marseille. In the city of Istres, a 75-year-old man died after being swept away by torrents of water.