Paris on flooding alert as rising Seine causes travel disruption
Source: The Guardian
Paris on flooding alert as rising Seine causes travel disruption
Galleries consider moving works of art as water levels approach highest mark in over a century
Kim Willsher in Paris
Wed 24 Jan 2018 11.06 GMT
Parisians have been warned to stay away from the river Seine as it continues to rise, flooding surrounding roads and causing disruption to the city’s transport network.
As water levels increased on Wednesday, the capital’s authorities said the river could pass the 6.10-metre (20ft) level of 2016, the highest in over a century and more than four metres above its normal height.
Quayside roads and tunnels have been closed and all river traffic, including cruise boats and water taxis, halted as vessels are unable to pass under the bridges.
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The river overflowed earlier this week because of flood water from upstream where the basin that feeds the Seine has received twice as much rain as normal.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/24/paris-flooding-alert-rising-seine-transport-disruption
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Also: In pictures: River Seine bursts banks in Paris (BBC)
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