Alpine airlift sends in supplies to isolated French villages


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  • Saturday, 20 Oct 2018

Provisions are airlifted by a helicopter to and from the villages left isolated after a rockslide in April, in Sospel, France October 17, 2018 in this still image taken from a video on October 19, 2018. Reuters TV/via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) - High in the French Alps, a helicopter airlifts food, logs and a Renault Twingo car for the residents of two tiny hamlets left isolated after a rockslide in April.

A heap of rubble and a scar on the hillside are all that remains of the only road to Beroulf and Sainte Sabine, with the 45 residents forced to hike back from work through the forest with dinner in a backpack.

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