Weather: the level of the Seine has stabilized in the night from Saturday – The World

Near the Place du Chatelet. In Paris and the Ile-de-France, the level of the Seine raises concerns. In the capital, where the level yellow alert has been activated, the rising water is quick.

Denis Allard / REA to “the World”

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• Continued rise of the Seine

The Environment Minister, Segolene Royal, had estimated “probable” Friday that reaches the Seine “between 6.10 m and 6.40 m.” A level beyond the flood of 1982 (6.18 m) but below that, historical, 1910 (8.62 m). “worst case scenarios” evoke a maximum of 6.50 m.

This will, according to the ministry, “tea more than to a peak, this high level to remain relatively stable throughout the weekend before beginning the decline “. Seine could also spill over on Saturday in the Eure and Seine-Maritime.

• Vigilance orange floods

As twelve other departments, Paris is on orange alert. The rising waters are becoming increasingly visible Friday with squares of flooding, basements, car parks and some ground-floor. The famous Zouave of the bridge of Alma, symbolic landmark of the inhabitants of the capital, now has water to the basin.

• The RATP prevention plan

the RATP, which closed preventively two metro stations and RER station near the river, has unleashed his prevention plan, in case the water would reach the threshold warning of 6.60 m. Three trucks carrying materials to build protections to the first metro stations were en route and others are ready to go

interview. “140 km of tunnels can potentially be under water, “according to the RATP

After the Louvre and Orsay closed since Thursday night to evacuate some works, the Grand Palais has also closed its doors Friday and two sites national Library of France. The President of the Republic, François Hollande, went on the night of Friday to Saturday, the Louvre to lend its support to these operations teams

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• Home Solution for the homeless

the City of Paris has announced opening of two gymnasiums “to shelter the homeless” . Moreover, “no evacuation is planned” in the capital, “just as no cut gas and electricity, even preventively” is said Colombe Brossel, Assistant to the safety of the municipality.

the flood, however, have “downstream impacts of Paris on Le Bois de Boulogne which was evacuated Friday on Ile de la Jatte, on the Ile Saint-Germain, and in Rueil-Malmaison with possible evacuations “, the ministry of the environment. Friday, “significant excesses” affected the south of Paris, Melun, Corbeil and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

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• hundreds of evacuations in France

in the Centre region, 850 people were evacuated in Villandry, La-Chapelle-aux-Naux and Vallères (Indre-et-Loire), located along the Cher, due to a risk of breach in a nearby dam. In Montargis (Loiret), a woman in her sixties was found dead. The day before, a rider of 74 years was found drowned in the Seine-et-Marne.

Meurthe-et-Moselle, 100 people were evacuated and relocated Friday night after severe thunderstorms caused a rapid rise of water in towns.

• “natural disaster of State”

Faced with significant material damage “state of natural disaster will be recognized” on Wednesday promised the head of state. The damage should be at least 600 million euros, according to the president of the French association of insurance, which will participate Monday in a meeting between the insurers and the government to coordinate victim compensation.

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The President of the SNCF, Guillaume Pepy, spoke of “catastrophic consequences” on the railway network of the country, particularly in Ile-de-France, which will amount to tens million euros.

a total of 18 000 households were still without power Friday night, according Enedis (ex ERDF), the company responsible for the management of the electricity distribution network La France. Since last weekend, 20,000 people were evacuated and taken away by the rescue services, in 16,000 interventions throughout the territory.

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