Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the following organisations and individuals that contributed to this book

The government departments of the southern defense and security zone, the Directorate-General of Risk Prevention (Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition), The Departmental Archives of Hautes-Alpes, Gard, Gers, Lozère, Tarn-et-Garonne, the Municipal Archives of Nîmes, Tarbes, Rouen Museum of Fine Art, the Var National Police Unit, Greater Cannes Pays de Lérins Authority, Greater Pays Ajaccien Authority, Ajaccio, Cannes, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Trans-en-Provence, Draguignan, Collobrières Town Councils, , SPC* Grand Delta, SPC* Méditerranée-Est, Météofrance, SDIS* Var and Vaucluse, BRGM*, IRMA*, le CEREMA*, ONF/RTM* 66 and 06, Hérault River Joint Association, SMMAR EPTB* Aude, EPTB* Orb and Libron, SMAVD*, Saignon Photography Club, Departmental Directorates of Territories and Sea for Alpes-Maritimes, Aude, Gard, Pyrénées-Orientales, Var, Occitanie Regional Council, SISA*, le Cypres, SYBLE*, the Autonomus Government of Catalonia, Ajuntament de Terrassa city council, Forecast Weather Greece, alerte-la.blogspot.com, Le Matin (Morocco), Cooperativa ERICA, Mayane, Florent Adamo, Philippe Albert, Jean-Marie Aversenq, Yann Balouin, Abdelkhalak Ben Moussa, Damien Biard, Jérôme Bocquel, Laetitia Bomperin, Isabelle Bouchy, Anne Boursiac, Dominique Boyer-Martel, Paul Boyer, Souad Bradi, Bernard Cardelli, Grégory Bru, Boris Callot, Robert Caracchioli, Christian Carmona, Bastien Carrio, Philippe Casanova, Christophe Cathelain, Nicolas Cattin, Roberto Cavallo, Mira Chalal, Carine Chaléon, Sylvain Charaud, Denis Coeur, Dorian Décombe, Esther De Pablo Palmer, Didier.wu, Yvan Diebold, Paul Dolcerocca, Dorian Dziadula, Michaël Esdourrubailh, Jean-Marc Faday, Jacques Faye, Yannick Ferrand, Julien Ferri, Pierre-Antoine Fournil, Christian Gellet, Célestin Geneste, Bernard Georges, Magali Gevaudan-Peyronnet, Sylvie Goll, Sébastien Gominet, Georgette et Corinne Grazioli, Romain Houy, Bertrand Jacopin, Jean-Paul Jouval, Anthony Kantok, Robin Leconte, Jean-Luc Leblanc, Corentin Léonard, Colette Lépaule, Vincent Lhermet, Luciano Locci, Fabio Luino, Karine Martinez, Georges Mathon, Camille Moirenc, Jacqueline Montet, Alice Néron, Martine Oudin-Chamard-Bois, Jean Pansu, Elodie Paya, Frédéric Pons, Michel Sacher, Landine Salini, Chloé Scannapieco, Irène Sorolla, Cyrille Taioni, Hélène Vacelet, Jean-Paul Vallon, Dimitri Weber.

and all those involved in proofreading.