Days of torrential rain bring major flooding to central France

Damage is pictured Oct. 18, 2025, a day after the village of Limony in south-central France was stuck in floods following heavy rains in the Ardeche region.

France's prime minister said Friday that firefighters and other rescuers have been involved in about 2,300 operations, some of them lifesaving, in what appears to be the biggest flooding in 40 years in central France.