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Roads were submerged by rippling flood waters after heavy rain lashed Paris. Footage shows vehicles negotiating the swamped ...
The Great Paris Flood of 1910 began a century ago this week, but it never quite subsided. Indeed, as locals ponder surreal archival photographs on display now in Paris to mark that epic disaster ...
Violent thunderstorms, hail, and torrential rain slammed France, killing two and disrupting life across the nation. Over ...
Photo of Paris floods of 1910 by Emile Feuillaude, provided by Augustin Pasquet from his family collection. Although the flood is commonly known as the “100 Year Flood,” the chance of flooding ...
But simulations for the "flood of the century" are based on the river rising more than two metres higher, to the same height as in 1910. Each year, there is just a 1% chance that a flood of this ...
Paris remained on flood alert Friday as water levels in the River Seine continued to rise after days of torrential rain. The Seine burst its banks earlier this week when water levels reached just ...
Paris has been at the maximum orange flood alert level since Tuesday. And in the city's environs, flooding has forced 1,000 people from their homes, according to police.
In 1910 residents of the Paris region endured a massive flood as the river Seine rose eight metres above its normal level. More than 100 years later, officials are preparing a full-scale rehearsal ...
Paris was on flood alert throughout the weekend after the swollen Seine burst its banks, leaving streets flooded and forcing parts of the lower level of the famous Louvre Museum to close.
Paris shows People stand in flood water along the banks of the Seine river in Paris, Jan. 22, 2018. Paris remains on yellow alert, the third highest warning, for flooding, ...