Sena a ajuns la nivelul maxim prognozat in urma ploilor torentiale si este acum la patru metri peste nivelul normal.
Sena a ajuns la 5.84 metri in dimineata zilei de luni, iar nivelul este asteptat sa inceapa sa scada abia incepand de marti.
Saptamanile cu ploi torentiale au cauzat o crestere semnificativa a nivelului apei.
Aproximativ 1.500 de oameni au fost evacuati din propriile case in toata regiunea Parisului iar un numar similar de locuinte a ramas fara electricitate, au declarat autoritatile.
In 2016, la ultimele inundatii masive, raul a ajuns la un nivel de 6.1 m, potrivit BBC.
#CrueSeine a Paris: les images vues du ciel filmees par les services de la @prefpolice a l'aide d'un drone pic.twitter.com/q5N9j8PPbN
- Prefecture de police (@prefpolice) January 26, 2018
Sapte statii ale unei linii de transport importante in Paris, RER C, au fost inchise pana pe 5 februarie cel putin, iar cateva strazi importante care merg in paralel cu fluviul au fost inchise.
De asemenea, barcile pentru turisti nu pot fi folosite, iar o parte a muzeului Luvru a fost inchisa.
Today, peak of Seine #flooding in Paris: "le Zouave" is the attraction... Not the "Tour Eiffel" pic.twitter.com/daLcZcSMQO
- Stephane Baize (@stef92320) January 28, 2018
Retour en image sur la mobilisation de la #BrigadeFluviale de la @prefpolice portant assistance aux riverains inondes par la #CrueSeine pic.twitter.com/TAa7JZk4LD
- Prefecture de police (@prefpolice) January 25, 2018
From my lunchtime walk. Looks like the Musee d'Orsay will be under water soon if the rain continues. #Paris #flood #CrueSeine pic.twitter.com/8d6rAv3x5A
- Phil Serafino (@PhilSerafino) January 24, 2018
En tout cas, ca a bien l'air de faire marrer les mouettes, toute cette flotte! #crue2018 #CrueSeine #inondations pic.twitter.com/gpYi35ZA51
- Marie Castets (@Marie_Castets) January 27, 2018
Floodwaters rising at pont Austerlitz #ParisFlood pic.twitter.com/lENFIwOGXL
- Courtney Turich (@turichka) January 27, 2018
Impressive, the #ParisFlood - here, from Pont des Invalides. pic.twitter.com/lqrqjYAUn9
- Alison Benney (@ParisFitness) January 27, 2018