April 12, 2020: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has been recorded off Amsterdam Islands, France at 12:27 p.m. local time, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed. According to the USGS, the quake's epicenter…
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November 25, 2019: Flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rainfall has claimed lives of two people and leaves two missing in France. According to the French national weather service Meteo France, the area absorbed the equiva…
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake rocked La Rochelle, the southwestern city of France on Thursday morning at 08:46 am local time. According to the Central French Seismic Office, the earthquake occurred on April 28, 2016 with epi…
One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the northeast of the country, the emergency services said. At least two people were working at the si…
An avalanche in Savoie, eastern France claimed lives of five soldiers Monday afternoon. About eleven soldiers were caught up in the avalanche. Six soldiers were saved by rescuers.
Flood damage in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, southeastern France ( Boris Horvat/AFP) Violent storms and flooding in south-eastern France have claimed lives of at least 16 people and left three others missing prompting the officia…
Five skiers have been killed in two separate avalanches in the French Alps on Wednesday. Three skiers, two Austrian and one Italian, were killed in an avalanche on the Massif des Ecrins in the French Alps, Radio France Inte…
An avalanche in the Queyras mountain range in the French Alps has claimed lives of six skiers. The bodies of three victims were found at an altitude of 2,500 metres. Later, a team of 18 rescue workers, backed by a helicopter…
Flash flooding in France has claimed lives of three people and left two others missing. Around 30 pupils trapped at Grimaud in the Gulf of St Tropez were rescued, an official of the Var department of the Mediterranean coast …
Floods caused by torrential rains have claimed lives of five people in the southern French region of Le Gard, Euro News reported. Floodwaters swept away cars in Le Gard region.
This list contains all major natural disasters in France in 2014 with detail report. Click for most recent natural disasters in France November 2014 November 28: 3 dead, 2 missing in floods in France Flash flooding in Fran…
Violent storms in France have claimed lives of at least two people and left tens of thousands without electricity, The Local reported. Fatalities are from Aveyron and the town of Bozouls. The sixty-old woman was killed in th…
Landslide in Isola, southern France has claimed lives of two children. Giant boulder crushed the chalet in French Alps where two families were staying, UPI reported. Three of the survivors managed to escape, while the remain…
Recent floods in France have claimed lives of at least two people and left third man missing. Fatalities include a 73-year-old man who died in basement flooding and another person was swept away in his car in French Riviera. …
Tornado in France today has claimed life of a person and injured two others, local medias reported. Tornado caused heavy damages in Steent'je, near the French northern city of Bailleul. Photo below shows an inhabitant lo…
Two separate avalanche on Mont Blanc have claimed lives of four climbers and left one missing. According to The Local, an avalanche on Mont Blanc du Tacul claimed lives of two Italian climbers and injured another one. The in…
Lightning strike in France has claimed life of a person and injured one other, The local reported. Lightning hit a beachgoer near Saint Tropez in Riviera. The bolt of lightning claimed life of a person a week before too in P…
Update 2013/06/20 -Death toll from floods in Lourdes has risen to 2. Fatalities are from Pierrefitte-Nestalas and Luz-Saint-Sauveur. -Several areas near the Pyrenees mountain range are placed on "red alert" by Frenc…