Pilgrims hoping to reach Lourdes, the legendary Catholic shrine in south-western France, were out of luck.<br/> <br />Heavy flooding prompted officials to close the site --- where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a young girl.<br/> <br />A seventy-year-old woman was recently killed trying to exit her waterlogged car.<br/> <br />In town, cleanup efforts are underway after days of high water --- which in some parts were three feet deep.
