My brother called saying there was a storm. I was waiting, waiting, waiting. This is Elisa’s storyLocation Saint-Martin-Vésubie, FranceDisaster name Storm Alex, 2020Elisa is a women’s clothing designer who runs her own label in Montreal, Canada. She was born and grew up in Nice, France, where much of her family remained, but was in Canada with her children and partner when Storm Alex gusted towards France and the mountain village where her mother lived. The storm was a powerful extratropical cyclone that caused extreme flooding around the Mediterranean, killing at least 15 people. Three months’ worth of rain – 50cm – fell on Saint-Martin-Vésubie in one day, 3 October 2020. Continue reading...