IN PICS: See how high the River Seine has risen in Paris
Floods continued to cause chaos in France on Thursday as authorities in Paris are getting increasingly worried by the continuous rise of the River Seine.
The nonstop rainfall has left villages submerged and claimed the lives of a toddler in Burgundy over the weekend as well as an 86-year-old woman in central France on Wednesday.
On Thursday red alerts for flooding remained in place in the Seine-et-Marne département, with an orange alert remaining for the départements of Essonne, Loiret, Indre-et-Loire, Cher, Loir-et-Cher, and Indre. Click here to read the latest updates.
In Paris the river Seine had risen 4.3 metres higher than usual on Wednesday evening and is expected to top five metres in the coming days.
On Thursday the RER C train line will be partly suspended as of 4pm with the St Michel station already closed.
Check out some of the most impressive photos and videos of the water levels in Paris.
Photo: AFP
The flood at the gates of Paris #inondations pic.twitter.com/jRAyQP03Vo
— Romain Revert (@romainrevert) June 1, 2016
This guy parked his Rolls Royce in the Seine #inondations #flooding @Paris pic.twitter.com/aZd4WKFjYf
— Geert De Clercq (@gvdeclercq) June 1, 2016
Photo: AFP
Rain rain go away...Canal Saint-Martin #ParisNextStop pic.twitter.com/TQNWQyuUt6
— Lisa Pasold (@pasoldla) May 31, 2016
La montée des eaux à Paris: Seine et Canal Saint-Martin pic.twitter.com/Zye8x6SGGu
— Esteban Lp (@Esteban_Lp_) June 1, 2016
Yep. That's a bin that's meant to be beside (not inside) the river. #seine #paris pic.twitter.com/Mrpe8Dyqwr
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) May 31, 2016
This guy might be waiting a while to cross the road... #Paris pic.twitter.com/8BLVzGJXYI
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) May 31, 2016
La citée de la mode à les pieds dans l'eau. #Paris #Seine . Pensées à tous ceux qui sont touchés par les inondations pic.twitter.com/buQ5eAR5i1
— Sophie Moreau (@SophMoreau) June 2, 2016
Photo: AFP
So it's been raining a bit in Paris. #Paris #Seine pic.twitter.com/KRPGClx0NR
— Brigitte. (@GypsyHippieLove) May 31, 2016
Here's some context for how high the water is in the River Seine in Paris. Two trees on the Ile de la Cite. pic.twitter.com/v46zsF8FR9
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) June 2, 2016
But there is still a way to go before water levels reach those of the 1910 "flood of the century". See the footage below of what the Seine looked like back then.
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Check out some of the most impressive photos and videos of the water levels in Paris.
Photo: AFP
The flood at the gates of Paris #inondations pic.twitter.com/jRAyQP03Vo
— Romain Revert (@romainrevert) June 1, 2016
This guy parked his Rolls Royce in the Seine #inondations #flooding @Paris pic.twitter.com/aZd4WKFjYf
— Geert De Clercq (@gvdeclercq) June 1, 2016
Photo: AFP
Rain rain go away...Canal Saint-Martin #ParisNextStop pic.twitter.com/TQNWQyuUt6
— Lisa Pasold (@pasoldla) May 31, 2016
La montée des eaux à Paris: Seine et Canal Saint-Martin pic.twitter.com/Zye8x6SGGu
— Esteban Lp (@Esteban_Lp_) June 1, 2016
Yep. That's a bin that's meant to be beside (not inside) the river. #seine #paris pic.twitter.com/Mrpe8Dyqwr
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) May 31, 2016
This guy might be waiting a while to cross the road... #Paris pic.twitter.com/8BLVzGJXYI
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) May 31, 2016
La citée de la mode à les pieds dans l'eau. #Paris #Seine . Pensées à tous ceux qui sont touchés par les inondations pic.twitter.com/buQ5eAR5i1
— Sophie Moreau (@SophMoreau) June 2, 2016
So it's been raining a bit in Paris. #Paris #Seine pic.twitter.com/KRPGClx0NR
— Brigitte. (@GypsyHippieLove) May 31, 2016
Here's some context for how high the water is in the River Seine in Paris. Two trees on the Ile de la Cite. pic.twitter.com/v46zsF8FR9
— Oliver Gee (@olivergee23) June 2, 2016
But there is still a way to go before water levels reach those of the 1910 "flood of the century". See the footage below of what the Seine looked like back then.
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