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, Verviers Town council, 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, Gisela Bauerfeind, Abdelkhalak Ben Moussa, Damien Biard, Yannick Bisson, Jérôme Bocquel, Laetitia Bomperin, Isabelle Bouchy, Anne Boursiac, Dominique Boyer-Martel, Paul Boyer, Souad Bradi, Bernard Cardelli, Grégory Bru, Cédric Cadour, Boris Callot, Robert Caracchioli, Christian Carmona, Bastien Carrio, Philippe Casanova, Christophe Cathelain, Nicolas Cattin, Roberto Cavallo, Jean-Luc Cayssiols, Mira Chalal, Carine Chaléon, Sylvain Charaud, Denis Coeur, Isabelle Comte, Fabien Dallo, Dorian Décombe, Esther De Pablo Palmer, Didier.wu, Yvan Diebold, Paul Dolcerocca, Michaël Douat, Lisa Ducros, Laurence Duprat, Dorian Dziadula, Hanaé Eng, Michaël Esdourrubailh, Jean-Marc Faday, Jacques Faye, Yannick Ferrand, Julien Ferri, Pierre-Antoine Fournil, @gabybichephotography, Christian @Gellet, Célestin Geneste, Bernard Georges, Magali Gevaudan-Peyronnet, Sylvie Goll, Sébastien Gominet, Georgette et Corinne Grazioli, Caroline Guizouarn, Antoine & Sasha Hennebo, Christoph Hensgen/WCR, Raphaël Heraud, Romain Houy, Bertrand Jacopin, Jean-Paul Jouval, Anthony Kantok, Robin Leconte, Jean-Luc Leblanc, Yannick Lecenes, Fabrice Lejoyeux, Corentin Léonard, Colette Lépaule, Vincent Lhermet, Luciano Locci, Fabio Luino, Karine Martinez, Georges Mathon, Camille Moirenc, Jacqueline Montet,@mikeul13, Alice Néron, Martine Oudin-Chamard-Bois, Jean Pansu, Elodie Paya, Jessica Pereira Do Vale, Laura Peyroutou, Frédéric Pons, Virginie Rennucci, Sylvain Reybaut, Géraldine Rouvière-Faraco, Michel Sacher, Landine Salini, Chloé Scannapieco, Irène Sorolla, Cyrille Taioni, Hélène Vacelet, Jean-Paul Vallon, Dimitri Weber, Annah Weistroffer.

and all those involved in proofreading.