IN PICTURES: Wild weather pummels France
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31 May, 2016
Updated Tue 31 May 2016 16:58 CEST
Heavy rains have left submerged cars and flooded villages across France, and even breached the banks on the Seine River.
France's weather agency has issued a slew of warnings across the country as the rain continues to pour.
Read all the weather updates here - and see some of the dramatic images from the past few days.
Rescuing firefighters patrol aboard a dinghy through the flooded town of Bruay-la-Buissiere, near Lens, northern France.
More submerged cars in Lens.
Residents in the flooded Nemours, north of Paris. Photo: AFP
A car heads through a flooded road in Meung-sur-Loire southern Orleans.
A woman stands next to her flooded house in Meung-sur-Loire southern Orleans.
People pump water out their flooded house in southern Orleans.
This guy might be waiting a while to cross the road... #Paris pic.twitter.com/8BLVzGJXYI
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) May 31, 2016
The banks of the River Seine in Paris.
The banks of the River Seine in Paris.
Part of the Georges-Pompidou bank was closed to traffic.
No walking along the banks of the Seine today!
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France's weather agency has issued a slew of warnings across the country as the rain continues to pour.
Read all the weather updates here - and see some of the dramatic images from the past few days.
Rescuing firefighters patrol aboard a dinghy through the flooded town of Bruay-la-Buissiere, near Lens, northern France.
More submerged cars in Lens.
Residents in the flooded Nemours, north of Paris. Photo: AFP
A car heads through a flooded road in Meung-sur-Loire southern Orleans.
A woman stands next to her flooded house in Meung-sur-Loire southern Orleans.
People pump water out their flooded house in southern Orleans.
This guy might be waiting a while to cross the road... #Paris pic.twitter.com/8BLVzGJXYI
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) May 31, 2016
The banks of the River Seine in Paris.The banks of the River Seine in Paris.Part of the Georges-Pompidou bank was closed to traffic.No walking along the banks of the Seine today!
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