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The water level in the River Seine in Paris stabilized in the night at a height of 6.08 m. The Directorate Paris Metro ordered walled enter some stations to protect them from flooding.
the flood situation in the French capital is still extremely serious. The only good news is that the Seine was no longer take. However, achieved in the center of the water level poses a threat to a number of buildings and installations.
The Directorate Metro RATP decided by bricking enter the most endangered station. Line C suburban RER, running in the city along the Seine River and connecting the French capital of Versailles will be closed until Monday.
The Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay will be closed at least until Tuesday that workers can protect priceless collections of such institutions on the shores of the Seine.
According to preliminary estimates, the insurance companies will have to spend at least 2 billion euros to cover losses associated with floods in Paris and outside the capital.
the last time the French capital flood hit in 1982, and the level of the Seine was then 6.15 meters.
the great flood, which remains the reference point for the inhabitants of the French capital, It occurred in 1910. Then there was a record level of the Seine – 8.6 meters, and the markings on the waterfront still remind passers-by where the water reached.
From Tuesday spaces non-navigation on the river, after which every day run tourist boats and barges transporting goods.
flood alert was announced in Paris on Wednesday, when the Seine places overflowed its banks and flooded some leading along the boulevards and streets. Still suspended movement is regional trains along the river.
On Thursday in the capital region of Ile-de-France River kidnapped 74-year-old rider, who fell into the water. His horse got out of the bank.
The Minister of Environmental Protection Segolene Royal said that he fears that with decreasing levels of rivers, which will take place very slowly, services will odnajdywać the bodies of victims of the element.
Total flood alarm is valid in 13 departments in the region of Ile-de-France and in central France. According to the Interior Ministry since last weekend, when heavy rains began, they were evacuated from their homes approx. 20 thousand. people.
After the flooded center of Nemours, approx. 80 km south of Paris, as in Longjumeau, approx. 20 km to the south, run boats that take without electricity residents to safety.
Moret-sur-Loing, a small town uwiecznianej the paintings of the impressionists, “water reaches roofs mills on the islands” – reported mer.
meteorological services reported that last month was in France a record May in terms of rainfall, since when 150 years ago began to keep statistics. Rainfall was three times higher than average.
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