Red flood warnings will remain in place in France into Saturday, with floods that have swamped large parts of western France, including the town of Redon, not yet at their peak.

More than 1,600 people have fled their homes in western France as a third major storm in a week brought record rainfall and extreme flooding .

Torrential rain, gusting winds, and major flooding caused widespread travel disruption, prompting evacuations and a series of red weather alerts

Parts of western France remained on the highest level of weather alert on Thursday, with hundreds evacuated and forecasters warning that the town of Redon, home to 10,000 people, could soon face record-breaking flooding.

A succession of recent storms, including Storm Herminia, have caused severe flooding in western France. Residents have been forced to leave their homes by boat and helicopter. In Rennes, one of the worst affected places, around 400 people were taken to safety. The city's mayor said it was the most severe flooding in more than four decades.

Streets were flooded in western France in and around the city of Rennes on Monday (January 27) following heavy rainfall in the region after Storm Herminia battered western France.

Storm Herminia has unleashed downpours in western France, with parts of Brittany put on red weather alert Monday, while eight other French departments were put on orange alert for flooding, flash

French residents rescued from flooded homes by boat as Storm Herminia hits Normandy and Brittany - Residents of western France boated away from flooded homes to safe ground and waterways broke their b

French authorities issued red weather alerts for 3 provinces, while Italian emergency services are responding to damage in multiple regions

Storm Herminia fuelled more flooding in north-west France and created dangerous avalanche conditions in the Alps.

Storm Herminia triggered the worst flooding in four decades in parts of northwest France and created dangerous avalanche conditions in the Alps.