The level of the Seine exceeded 6 meters Friday, June 3, 2016 . – 20minutes

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    The flood record is now 4 dead and 24 wounded

     


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    The flood of the Seine in Paris “reached a peak tonight at 6.10 meters”

     


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  • 19 departments placed in orange alert for floods and storms
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    More than 17,000 homes still without electricity

     


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3:10 p.m.: Firefighters of Paris intervened 700 times since Monday


3:05 p.m.: A Chateau in Yvelines, swans are on the road


3 p.m.: How the single measuring station of Paris became blind

Why did the flood of the Seine been underestimated for hours? Blame it on two small sensors, the only measure the Seine in Paris, that waste has probably blinded and with them, the authorities. Thursday night, the one measuring station of the Seine in Paris, installed at the bridge of Austerlitz, began to misfire, by undervaluing the flood levels of about thirty centimeters. His two sensors have all night sent their statements automatic misleading. The Ministry of Environment is stayed until Friday lunchtime on a forecast peak of 5.30 to 5.90 meters. The error will be detected as Friday morning, and the estimated peak increased to 6.30 m – 6.50 m at mid-day by the ministry. A manual operator took over.




1445: A Poissy (Yvelines), the water continues to rise


13.00: No return to normal at the train before the “second part of the next week “

the SNCF president Guillaume Pepy told AFP Saturday that a return to” normal traffic is not expected before the second part next week “after the decline of the Seine takes place. “The day the way will be dry when the decline will be made, it will work 48h00 to restore normal service, so it means that it takes on a normal traffic in the second part of next week,” -t he explained


12.45. on Twitter, the Seine flooded fascinates viewers

If a jog along the waterfront is not possible, for lovers of swimming and fishing that rising water is a bargain. . The evidence in this article house


12.30: “No risk of rise of the Seine”

the Seine River has peaked overnight and it will stabilize at 6.05 meters, “said the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo to the press after a meeting of the crisis unit set up to deal with flooding and flooding. “It is more now in this plateau phase before the recession, which will take some time,” she said. “All say that this is very slow and we are told that there is no lift Seine risk as such. From this point of view, we are rather reassured. ” “There are still rains are expected, but we are told to Météo-France they are not strong at the point yet to change things,” she said.




12:05: The train traffic in Ile-de-France is still “critical”:

the train traffic in Ile-de-France was still “critical” Saturday morning due to bad weather, according to SNCF explains that the recovery will “take time” before “to fix” .

the SNCF “is somewhat in the same situation as those who have had a flooded home, they come back and they work to achieve. We will be in this situation on ways to verify the installations, make repairs, but also on the trains because some can not be maintained it will take time to repair, to be able to do this maintenance before they can be normal traffic on the Ile-de-France, “said the press Alain Krakovitch, CEO SNCF Transilien in Austerlitz station. But “what is certain is before this recovery, it will check all the facilities,” he said, indicating otherwise

it “was impossible to define this stage “the