Major floods that struck parts of France due to heavy rain fall on Thrusday and Friday began slowley easing on Saturday.
In many areas, clean-up and repair work has commenced. Emergency services, residdents and workers were clearing streets, houses and supermakets of mud and debris.
Given the immense damage, a return to normality is not expected anytime soon in many areas.
The motorway between the south-eastern cities of Lyon and Saint-Étienne, which was cut off due to the large amount of water, was back in operation on Saturaday. But train services between the two cities are not expected to resume until Monday.
To better compensate affected farmers in the region, the floods have been classified as a natural disaster by the regional adminstration, or prefecture.
Parts of France were affected by heavy rain fall on Thursday and Friday. Entire towns were completley flooded, cars were swept away, and people had to be evacuted.
Nationwide, the emergency services carried out 2,300 operatons.