A victim of the A1O higtway gives a phone call while sitting on a cot at the Palais des Sports of Orleans on June 1, 2016 after torrential downpours brought cars to a standstill. The Loiret department is under red flood alert and France's weather agency Meteo France maintained today 18 departments under the orange alert. / AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME SOUVANTGUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images