- a major flood in training on average Seine
Paris and Ile-de-France, the level of the Seine reached mid-afternoon 5 13 meters and is expected to rise Friday between 5.30 and 5.90 m, according to the daily point of the Ministry of environment. Since the night before, part of the bank on roads are closed and occasional outbursts are not excluded. For now, Paris is not threatened by a catastrophe comparable to that of 1910 – the Seine had reached 8.42 m and flooded including subway stations, paralyzing the city
In. day, two barges sheltering the homeless were evacuated with rehousing in gyms. municipal vehicle storage areas, under bridges, had to move. Ten cofferdams – temporary dams – were also placed along the Seine, according Colombe Brossel, assistant security. And for three evenings the town organizes outreach patrols to ensure that the homeless were not staying in flood areas.
A strike affecting some traffic add the elements. All the sections of Paris RER C, along the Seine, has been closed for 16 hours. According to SNCF, traffic will not resume until Monday morning. “The trains from the terminus of the line C stop bleach to one side (west), at Austerlitz the other (east), and Henri Martin north” , said Alain Krakovitch, CEO of Transilien. The rise of the water level has already resulted in seepage and could, if a threshold of 5.70 m was crossed, lead “invasion of the tunnel” used by RER C, is his part said Didier Bense, CEO SNCF-Network for the Ile-de-France. Ventilation openings between the Orsay Museum, and St. Michael were to be closed Thursday afternoon with bolted plates out by specialized teams, he detailed.
Floods also caused disturbances in the Paris transport (RER B, D, E and Tramway). No Transilien train, Intercity or TER had stopped and Thursday between Paris-Montparnasse and Versailles-Chantiers, SNCF hoping “return to normal” by Monday. The line N, in particular, is completely interrupted at the height of Meudon because of a risk of landslide, and work is ongoing. Line P, from the East Railway Station, also submerged and cut between Marles-en-Brie and Coulommiers, according to SNCF, which opened a crisis room running night and day. Regarding the RATP, no announcement as yet no traffic disruption on the Paris metro.
Moselle, train traffic between Thionville and Luxembourg, interrupted since Monday, is expected to remain disrupted several days. This line is taken daily by 10,000 people.
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