Massive clean-up after 19 killed in French Riviera floods

Volunteers and firefighters began the gruelling task yesterday of cleaning up French Riviera towns strewn with mud and debris, as the death toll from floods which tore through the region rose to 19.

Citizens of Britain, Italy and Portugal were among those who died when a torrential weekend downpour trapped people in garages and retirement homes in Medirteranean resort towns beloved by jet-setting tourists.