"She Shouted that the Water Was Going up": the Incredible Story of Two Gendarmes Saving a Woman From the Floods in the Var

"There wasn't a lot of power but we didn't have any visibility, we didn't know we were getting started," a policeman told the local radio here.

A woman was blocked in her vehicle by the intense floods that hit the Var on Tuesday, May 20th. A tragedy was prevented thanks to the intervention of two gendarmes and two civilians, who saved her.

In Vidauban, a 62-year-old woman trapped by a flood was rescued by two gendarmes and two civilians on Tuesday. Their cold blood saved her life. Tuesday, 20 May, while severe weather was affecting the Var department, a 62-year-old driver was trapped by the sudden rise of water...

On Tuesday at the mid-day, a sexagenarian was surprised at the wheel of her car by the sudden rise of water on the RD72 near Vidauban (Var). She was rescued by two police officers from the Arcs and two civilians who did not hesitate to immerse themselves to the waist to pull her off.

The lady was in her vehicle, on RD 72, towards the iron bridge crossing the Aille. But now the level of the river was rising, again and again. Paniced, she was contacting the rescues. "At that time, we were on a general surveillance mission. The operational center called us