Europe is in the grip of bad weather , with France lashed by torrential rains.

Six people , including two children , are missing in the Gard region after being overwhelmed by floodwaters , according to an update from the prefecture.

A father and his two children aged 4 and 13 were run over in Dions, north of Nîmes , around 11.30pm on Saturday, and two other people in Goudargues, in the north of the department, around 5am on Sunday, Frédéric Loiseau said , general secretary of the prefecture, in a press conference.

A motorist had already been reported missing on Saturday evening in Gagnières , also in the north of the department.

(Unioneonline/vl)

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