Storms and Floods

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Newsbytes:

Ecuador - A British kayaker is missing and two Irish men are dead after a group of five adventurers lost control in flash floods in the Ecuadorian jungle. A local guide later told a press conference that the river was so powerful that 'getting out of the kayak was practically facing death'.

France - Swathes of France including Paris and Normandy are on alert for floods after exceptionally high rainfall across the country in recent days. The east of the country was braced for floods with the Rhine threatening to overflow.

Indonesia - Roads have turned to rivers and some tourists have been forced to evacuate parts of Bali as flash flooding causes chaos on the holiday island. Local media on Tuesday reported heavy downpours across the island including in popular tourist locations such as Legian, Nusa Dua and Uluwatu. Persisting rain overnight has led to muddy landslides down some cliffs and has forced evacuations across the island with drains unable to cope with the flooding.

Switzerland - In St-Ursanne in canton Jura, days of heavy rain have caused the River Doubs to burst its banks and flood parts of the mediaeval town. Rivers across Switzerland, both in lowlands and in the Alps, are extremely high after a week of precipitation and melting snow. As well as St-Ursanne, similar flooding has been reported in the communes of Goumois and Soubey along the Doubs, and at Bassecourt on the Sorne River.