<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>One motorist was killed and another was missing as torrential rains on France’s Indian Ocean island of Reunion transformed roads into rivers and swept away cars, police said today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Early today, a driver was swept away by floodwater as he drove along a road in the village of Petite-Ile in southern Reunion.</div><div><br></div><div>He was found dead in his vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday, a car carrying several people was washed away in St-Louis, also in the south of the island.</div><div><br></div><div>While the passengers escaped unharmed, the driver, a doctor, was unable to get out of the vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>A search was underway to locate him.</div><div><br></div><div>Schools in nine communities in the south were closed today.</div><div><br></div><div>Two weeks ago Reunion was hit by a devastating storm, Cyclone Belal, which left four people dead and caused significant damage. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>