Two dead, one missing in New Caledonia flooding

Updated March 25, 2008 17:46:27

In New Caledonia, two people are dead and another is missing after torrential rain and flooding over the weekend. One man died in a road accident between the villages of La Foa and Boulouparis and another died trying to cross a river. Emergency services are still searching for a third person feared downed.

Presenter: Sandrine Ducrot
Speakers: Luc Maitre-Pierre, head of Climatology Department of the Weather Forecasting Office; Michel Geneste, spokesman for the Gendarmerie- Emergency Services