A pleasure yacht and a semi-rigid inflatable collided in the Golfe de la Napoule around 11pm Sunday, throwing a 24 year old man overboard. Search efforts, suspended overnight, resumed at 7am with naval helicopters and coast guard vessels still searching.
Préfet Jean-Marie Girier widened restrictions ahead of the August 15 long weekend, as enforcement checks found 68% of properties inspected in breach, with 41 prosecutions launched so far.
Nearly 95 percent of the sun was obscured over Nice at the eclipse's peak on Wednesday evening, with viewers across Cannes, Antibes and the Préalpes d'Azur seeking out clear westward horizons to catch the rare event.
France's Mediterranean maritime authority says the Alpes-Maritimes sits among the top five departments for search and rescue callouts this season, as the growing popularity of paddleboarding drives a rise in interventions along the coast.
Fabrice Fumia was carrying drinks to customers' tables at Le Jardin du Port on Saturday when a driver nearly hit him, then struck him repeatedly after he reacted. The driver fled after being briefly restrained by witnesses.
The Estérel-Tanneron massif remains closed to access, movement and outdoor work, as the préfecture's fire danger rating has now held at its most severe level for a week amid the ongoing heatwave.
After a strong June, hotel and restaurant trade slowed through July, with industry leaders pointing to global instability rather than any local factor behind the softer season.
Launched by a Cantal animal shelter manager as wildfires scorched nearly 120,000 hectares nationwide this year, including blazes across the Var and Provence hinterland, the petition calls for a three year moratorium on hunting in fire-damaged forests.
OSE, a volunteer-run association that has cleared riverbanks and natural sites across the region since 1992, carried out its final three cleanup operations in the Alpes-Maritimes this week, citing rising costs and a shortage of volunteers.
Five gendarmes and a Maltese police officer, all enjoying a day off paddleboarding and canoeing, pulled three men from a blazing six-metre boat near the Pointe de l'Aiguille, bringing them to safety on nearby rocks before emergency services arrived.
The préfecture confirmed the department moves to orange alert from midday, part of a 21-department heatwave affecting most of France, with health authorities warning the elderly and chronically ill face significant risk.
Five new specimens were trapped near a high-risk site earlier this month, confirmed by France's national reference laboratory, prompting authorities to intensify surveillance across the department.