France floods News
Authorities have warned it could take up to 10 days for the Seine river to return to normal after swelling to its highest level in nearly 35 years.
The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades Friday, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement.
Volunteers and firefighters began the gruelling task on Monday of cleaning up French Riviera towns strewn with mud and debris, as the death toll from floods which tore through the normally glitzy region rose to 19.
Violent storms and flooding struck the glitzy French Riviera on Sunday, killing 10 people and leaving six missing, according to an official toll.
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