Rescuers are deploying a huge device this Sunday to find a 13-year-old teenager who disappeared at sea in Palavas-les-Flots this Sunday.
A whole family ended up in difficulty by bathed in the Mediterranean on Sunday April 20, 2025, near the town hall of Palavas-les-Flots. The parents managed to return to dry land, but their 13 -year -old child disappeared. It may have been swept away by a big wave, report our colleagues from Actu.fr.
A large device deployed
The facts took place around 5:15 p.m., a huge device has been deployed since the end of the afternoon. More than forty firefighters from SDIS de l’Hérault are mobilized with the support of nautical brigades divers, an intervention boat, a medical team, the civil security helicopter, the municipal police, the gendarmes and volunteers of the national rescue society at sea.
Swimming is not recommended this Sunday while the sea is still restless. The department is placed in yellow vigilance storms by Météo France, the episode will be particularly important between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. “Be cautious during these episodes likely to generate heavy rains, wind and grésil,” recalls the prefecture of Hérault.
