2010-03-05 03:18:52 GMT Xinhua English
PARIS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Five days after the violent winter storm Xynthia swept France, killing 53 people and leaving a massive devastation behind, the country mourned for the victims on Thursday, while criticism on the risky practice of building houses by the sea also emerged in those affected regions.
2010-03-03 11:26:00 GMT SINA.com
The French President described the fatalities in Atlantic seaside towns and villages as a "human drama with a terrible death toll" as he pledged emergency aid of almost £3 million.
2010-03-03 10:44:13 GMT SINA.com
French rescue workers, some of them in dive gear, searched for survivors on Tuesday in homes submerged by flood waters after a deadly storm battered France's Atlantic coast this weekend.
2010-03-03 10:41:40 GMT SINA.com
French rescue workers, some of them in dive gear, searched for survivors Tuesday in homes submerged by flood waters after a deadly storm battered France's Atlantic coast this weekend.
2010-03-03 11:19:42 GMT SINA.com
France's government has declared a natural disaster, enabling victims to claim compensation and free up insurance claims. France will also seek European Union aid for the region.
2010-03-03 11:13:13 GMT SINA.com
The storm, named Xynthia, was the worst in France since 1999 when 90 people died. Prime Minister Francois Fillon held an emergency cabinet meeting and afterward called the storm a 'national catastrophe.'
2010-03-02 10:34:29 GMT Xinhua English
The Xynthia storm battered its Atlantic coast on Sunday, killing at least 50 people, driving huge waves inland in exposed towns and flooding hundreds of homes.
2010-03-02 07:24:53 GMT SINA.com
Rescuers have waded through floodwaters in France looking for more bodies after a fierce storm killed at least 60 people in western Europe.
