French Government Will Destroy Houses of Storm Survivors – the Epoch Times

Damage caused by Cyclone Xynthia in the Port of Angoulins, France (by Thierry Llansades CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

The French government has decided to stay firm on its decision to destroy more than 1,500 houses in areas of “extreme danger” along the Atlantic coast. The decision follows the deaths of 53 people from storm “Xynthia,” the violent winter storm that battered Europe’s west coast on Feb. 28. Hope had risen among residents that they could save their homes following a statement made by Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux…”There could be individual, precise, and discrete situations that could need a deepened analysis…”