Paris Floods
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Paris Braces For Floods As Swollen Seine Inches Higher
Paris was on high alert Saturday as the swollen Seine continued to creep higher, with forecasters warning the river could stay high throughout next week, especially if more rain is dumped on France
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Louvre Reopens After Flooding, As Cost Of Rain Damage Mounts
The Louvre and the Orsay, the premier museums of Paris, have reopened after an emergency closure last week to move masterpieces to higher ground during the city's worst flooding in decades.
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French Floods, Strikes Cast Pall Over Euro 2016
The swollen Seine receded Sunday, but between flood damages, strikes and terror fears, France was firmly stuck in the doldrums just five days before the Euro football tournament.
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Paris Museum Reopens As French Floods Slowly Ease
The riverside Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris is reopening as floodwaters slowly recede from the French capital, though risks remain for other regions.
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France Floods Ease As Seine Recedes
The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris began to recede on Saturday after reaching its highest level in three decades, easing fears after floods sent the Louvre and other riverside museums scrambling to protect their treasures.
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Seine River Peaks In Paris, Museums To Be Shut For Days
The Seine River peaked early Saturday around Paris, hitting its highest level in nearly 35 years - almost 4.5 meters (15 feet) above average - and authorities warned it could take up to ten days for the river to return to normal.
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Seine Water Levels Decrease Again After Paris Flooding Peaks
French authorities say the water level of the Seine river in Paris started to decrease Saturday after reaching its peak overnight, the highest in nearly 35 years.
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Paris Floods: Seine Surges To Highest Level In 30 Years, Museums Shut
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut their doors in a race to move art treasures from their basements, as the River Seine today neared its highest level in more than three decades.
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Paris Museums Close Doors As Seine Peaks
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut on Friday to remove art treasures from their basements as the swollen River Seine neared its highest level in three decades.
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Flooded Paris Seine River Swells 6 Metres
Flooding in central Paris has swelled the Seine river by 6.0 metres(20 feet) with a peak of up to 6.50 metres expected later, the French environment ministry said Friday.
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Flood Shuts Paris Musee D'Orsay Until Tuesday
The world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris will be closed until Tuesday due to the flooding of the Seine river, it announced on Friday.
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20,000 Without Power In France Amid Floods
French energy company Enedis says that more than 20,000 customers are without power in the wake of days of flooding and heavy rains.
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Paris Museums On Alert As Flood Chaos Hits France, Germany
Floods in Germany and France have killed at least 10 people and forced thousands from their homes, officials said Thursday as Paris' Louvre museum announced it would move treasures out of reach of the swollen Seine.
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Paris Shuts Down Metro Line, Louvre Might Follow As River Seine Rises
Paris prepared to close an underground metro line as water levels in the river Seine kept rising, and staff at the Louvre museum were told the venue was likely to close too.
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Paris Braces For Floods As Swollen Seine Inches Higher
Paris was on high alert Saturday as the swollen Seine continued to creep higher, with forecasters warning the river could stay high throughout next week, especially if more rain is dumped on France
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Louvre Reopens After Flooding, As Cost Of Rain Damage Mounts
The Louvre and the Orsay, the premier museums of Paris, have reopened after an emergency closure last week to move masterpieces to higher ground during the city's worst flooding in decades.
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French Floods, Strikes Cast Pall Over Euro 2016
The swollen Seine receded Sunday, but between flood damages, strikes and terror fears, France was firmly stuck in the doldrums just five days before the Euro football tournament.
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Paris Museum Reopens As French Floods Slowly Ease
The riverside Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris is reopening as floodwaters slowly recede from the French capital, though risks remain for other regions.
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France Floods Ease As Seine Recedes
The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris began to recede on Saturday after reaching its highest level in three decades, easing fears after floods sent the Louvre and other riverside museums scrambling to protect their treasures.
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Seine River Peaks In Paris, Museums To Be Shut For Days
The Seine River peaked early Saturday around Paris, hitting its highest level in nearly 35 years - almost 4.5 meters (15 feet) above average - and authorities warned it could take up to ten days for the river to return to normal.
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Seine Water Levels Decrease Again After Paris Flooding Peaks
French authorities say the water level of the Seine river in Paris started to decrease Saturday after reaching its peak overnight, the highest in nearly 35 years.
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Paris Floods: Seine Surges To Highest Level In 30 Years, Museums Shut
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut their doors in a race to move art treasures from their basements, as the River Seine today neared its highest level in more than three decades.
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Paris Museums Close Doors As Seine Peaks
Paris' Louvre and Orsay museums shut on Friday to remove art treasures from their basements as the swollen River Seine neared its highest level in three decades.
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Flooded Paris Seine River Swells 6 Metres
Flooding in central Paris has swelled the Seine river by 6.0 metres(20 feet) with a peak of up to 6.50 metres expected later, the French environment ministry said Friday.
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Flood Shuts Paris Musee D'Orsay Until Tuesday
The world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris will be closed until Tuesday due to the flooding of the Seine river, it announced on Friday.
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20,000 Without Power In France Amid Floods
French energy company Enedis says that more than 20,000 customers are without power in the wake of days of flooding and heavy rains.
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Paris Museums On Alert As Flood Chaos Hits France, Germany
Floods in Germany and France have killed at least 10 people and forced thousands from their homes, officials said Thursday as Paris' Louvre museum announced it would move treasures out of reach of the swollen Seine.
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Paris Shuts Down Metro Line, Louvre Might Follow As River Seine Rises
Paris prepared to close an underground metro line as water levels in the river Seine kept rising, and staff at the Louvre museum were told the venue was likely to close too.
