Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. HAUTES-ALPES (05) ECRINS NATIONAL PARK. MELEZES FOREST IN AUTUMN IN THE OISANS MASSIF (LA GRAVE) Photo by Francois Roux/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. HAUTES-ALPES (05), ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, ECRINS MASSIF, OISANS, LA GRAVE, LA MEIJE, AIGLE REFUGE Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. HAUTES-ALPES (05), ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, ECRINS MASSIF, OISANS, LA GRAVE, LA MEIJE, REFUGE DE L'AIGLE Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. HAUTES-ALPES (05) ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, HAUTE ROMANCHE, ECRINS MASSIF, OISANS, LA GRAVE, LA MEIJE, REFUGE DE L'AIGLE Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

HAUTES-ALPES (05), ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, HAUTE ROMANCHE, ECRINS MASSIF, OISANS, LA GRAVE, LA MEIJE, AIGLE REFUGE Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

ISERE (38), ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, VALLEY VENEON, SAINT-CHRISTOPHE-EN-OISANS, LAVEY REFUGE, CAROLINE VINCENT, GUARDIAN OF REFUGE Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. ISERE (38) ECRINS NATIONAL PARK. VENEON VALLEY. SAINT-CHRISTOPHE-EN-OISANS. REFUGE DE LA LAVEY Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

Illustration - The Alps in Summer

FRANCE. ALPS. ISERE (38) ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, OISANS, LAUVITEL LAKE Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Honey

Illustration - Honey

ISERE (38), VENEON VALLEY, ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, VENOSC, LA DANCHERE, MARGOT AND DIDIER PISSARD, BEEKEEPERS, APIARY OF THE DANCHERE, HONEY OF OISANS-LAUVITEL, MOUNTAIN HONEY ALL FLOWERS Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Honey

Illustration - Honey

ISERE (38), VENEON VALLEY, ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, VENOSC, LA DANCHERE, MARGOT AND DIDIER PISSARD, BEEKEEPERS, APIARY OF THE DANCHERE, HONEY OF OISANS-LAUVITEL, MOUNTAIN HONEY ALL FLOWERS Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Honey

Illustration - Honey

ISERE (38), VENEON VALLEY, ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, VENOSC, LA DANCHERE, MARGOT AND DIDIER PISSARD, BEEKEEPERS, APIARY OF THE DANCHERE, HONEY OF OISANS-LAUVITEL, MOUNTAIN HONEY ALL FLOWERS Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Honey

Illustration - Honey

ISERE (38), VENEON VALLEY, VENOSC, LA DANCHERE, MARGOT AND DIDIER PISSARD, BEEKEEPERS, APIARY OF THE DANCHERE, HONEY OF OISANS-LAUVITEL, MOUNTAIN HONEY ALL FLOWERS Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Villages in French Alps cut off by mudslide

STORY: Villages in French Alps cut off by mudslide SHOOTING TIME: June 23, 2024 DATELINE: June 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of rockslide blocking access to the village of La Berarde 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JEAN LOUIS ARTHAUD, Mayor of Saint Christophe en Oisans 3. various of mayor of Saint-Christophe en Oisans speaking on the phone 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JEAN LOUIS ARTHAUD, Mayor of Saint Christophe en Oisans 5. various of blocked street STORYLINE: On the night between Thursday and Friday, a torrent of water, mud and rock swept across the village of La Berarde in Isere in the French Alps, cutting off the village from the outside world. Four helicopters were deployed to evacuate about 100 people. With no casualties, all the homes of the village were destroyed. The French government has promised an emergency fund to rebuild the village. Other villages in the surrounding area, whose inhabitants were not evacuated, are completely isolated. Electr