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PARIS (AP) — Two people were killed and 17 injured during
torrential storms in France that toppled trees, flooded Paris
streets and caused parliament's roof to spring a leak as the
prime minister was speaking.
"Have you noticed that it was raining?” Prime Minister François
Bayrou pointed out, looking up at the National Assembly's
leaking domed ceiling after delivering a speech on the Middle
East as a deluge fell outside, quickly inundating Paris
boulevards on Wednesday evening.
The assembly vice president, Roland Lescure, suspended the
debate so fire officers could check out the problem. When he
restarted the session about 15 minutes later, Lescure told
lawmakers that absorbent mats were used to patch up the leak.
The French civil defense agency said one person was critically
injured in the storm, which broadly swept France after a heat
wave. The agency said power was also cut to 110,000 homes.
A falling tree killed a 12-year-old child in southwest France
and a man died when his quad-bike hit a toppled tree in the
northwest, French media reported.
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