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A British woman killed in the flooding in southern France at the weekend has been named as Linda Martinez. | A British woman killed in the flooding in southern France at the weekend has been named as Linda Martinez. |
The 62-year-old from Lancashire is believed to have drowned when a river flowing past the campsite where she was staying with her husband burst its banks. | |
They had been at the Pylône campsite, near Antibes, when the river Braque swelled and inundated the site. Martinez was found dead in her caravan after the flood. | |
Carlo Martinez, 72, is understood to be in hospital after suffering a heart attack. It is not known whether he suffered the attack during the flooding or after discovering his wife had drowned. | |
The Foreign Office confirmed on Tuesday that Linda Martinez was the British national killed in the flood after relatives gave permission for her name to be released. | The Foreign Office confirmed on Tuesday that Linda Martinez was the British national killed in the flood after relatives gave permission for her name to be released. |
Related: French floods: 19 feared dead after storms sweep French Riviera | Related: French floods: 19 feared dead after storms sweep French Riviera |
She was among 19 people feared dead after violent storms and severe flooding swept the Riviera. Three people drowned in a retirement home after it was flooded. | She was among 19 people feared dead after violent storms and severe flooding swept the Riviera. Three people drowned in a retirement home after it was flooded. |
Martinez had recently retired from her role as an administrator at Edge Hill University’s Ormskirk campus. A former colleague told the Guardian the couple had a caravan in the south of France, where they holidayed regularly. | |
Former colleagues had been trying to reach the couple since hearing of the flooding but without success, she said. | |
A neighbour at the couple’s home in Haskayne, a village near Ormskirk, confirmed the couple had gone on holiday and that she had heard of the tragedy. |