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Paris readies for floods as Seine surges higher
Description: Riverside homes and businesses in Paris are on high alert as the swollen River Seine threatens to overflow its banks. Weeks of rainfall have produced a relentless rise in the water level, which is expected to peak just below 6m (20ft) above normal. Touring boats are tied up, riverside roads are sealed off and the Louvre museum has closed a lower gallery. France has seen rain like this over the New Year period only three times in the last century. [Source: BBC News]
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42841615
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Source: BBC News
Publish Date: 1/27/2018
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