Flood alert: the Seine flood peak is expected this Friday – The Obs

Paris is taking on water. Seine continues to rise, while its tributaries, the Loing, begin their decline. The river is expected to peak in the capital this Friday, June 3 at midday.

According Vigicrues, the water level could reach up to 6 meters, exceeding initial forecasts. The river monitoring agency placed the river orange alert and advanced a “flood risk generating large spills” while 12 departments are still vigilance orange rain-floods and Seine-et-Marne in red alert.

on Friday morning, the level of the Seine stands at 5m58. Famous gauge rising rivers, the Zouave is now submerged to the thighs. It is still far from the hundred-year flood in 1910, where the river reached 8m62 and where the statue had water up to their shoulders. It could, however be close to the situation of 1982: the level of the water was then mounted up to 6m15

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increasing the level of the river in the capital is a delayed effect of the torrential rains that hit France earlier this week. In recent days, ways on bank, topped with water, are closed to pedestrian and automobile traffic.

Museums closed and traffic disrupted

Some museums located along the Seine close their doors to visitors today “preventive”. This is the case of the Louvre and the Orsay museum. 250,000 works from the Louvre, located in the basement of the museum, will be moved to the first floor. The François Mitterrand library will also be closed to the public, even if it ensures that its collections are not threatened by the flood.

The Louvre, Orsay, … Branly museums in red alert

the rising water also impedes traffic. The circulation of the RER C is stopped from 16h Thursday between Paris-Austerlitz and bleach and Paris Austerlitz and Pontoise. Most stations of the RER C in intramural Paris are inaccessible. In Saint-Michel Notre Dame RER station and the Line 4 subway station were closed due to significant infiltration. The river boats and cargo ships are also at a standstill because they can not pass under the bridge.

A crisis unit was activated for mayor of Paris. The City organizes particular maraudes to rescue the homeless who find themselves in a flood zone. The river should begin a slow decline over the weekend to find his usual level next week.

M.H.