Month of relentless rain floods La Réole in Southwest France

The roof of a house showing above the flood waters in La Reole village, France. PIC/AFP

Following a month of relentless rain, the village of La Reole was flooded by the Garonne river, south-western France, on Tuesday.

The flood alert system in France has been working at a record pace as relentless rain over the past month has saturated soils, the head of the agency said.

"For 30 days we have been in orange or red alert somewhere on the national territory," Lucie Chadourne-Facon, director of Vigicrues, referring to the two highest alert levels.

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