For several days, Rennes and the surrounding region have been experiencing an unprecedented episode of intense rainfall, resulting in river flooding the likes of which has not been seen for decades.

With more than a quarter of the French population being exposed to flooding risks from overflowing rivers, several towns, ...

Following heavy rainfall over the past few days, three of France's départements remain under red flood alert on Friday and Saturday. In the Île-de-France region, the situation is less critical, but ...

More than 1,600 people have fled their homes in western France as a third major storm in a week brought record rainfall and ...

The Vilaine river's level on Thursday morning was hovering just below that of historic floods in 2001, official alert body Vigicrues reported. The river had been projected to swell further later ...

The Vilaine river's level was on Thursday morning hovering just below that of historic floods in 2001, but was expected to rise further during the day, official alert body Vigicrues reported.

Parts of western France remained on the highest level of weather alert on Thursday, with hundreds evacuated and forecasters ...

Residents of a flooded French town on Thursday waited for the water to drain away from its streets, after a nearby river did not rise out of its bed quite as high as expected. The Herminia ...