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The City of Light Underwater

Floodwaters in Paris continue to rise as the Seine reaches its highest level in 35 years due to torrential downpours this week.

Jerome Delay/AP

By The Daily BeastJun 03, 2016

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-01_eoeid5 — People looking at the floods stand on the Alma bridge by the Zouave statue which is used as a measuring instrument during the floods in Paris. Both the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay were closed as the Seine's water level was expected to peak sometime later on Friday.
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galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-02_fkkdwo — Rescue workers pull residents through a flooded street in Nemours, southeast of Paris, on June 1, 2016. Torrential rain has continued to lash northern and central France.
Anadolu Agency

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-03_luiub0 — Tourists walk past empty waiting lines as the Louvre is closed after days of almost non-stop rain caused flooding in the country.
John Schults / Reuters

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-04_gmeisb — Artworks in plastic boxes placed between sculptures are packed to be moved from the Louvre's storeroom to the exhibition halls.
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galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-06_lnvq5i — Flooded caravans stand on a campground in a flooded area of the town of Nemours, south of Paris. The interior ministry says 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes across France in operations involving thousands of firefighters, military personnel, and other officials.
Markus Schreiber/AP

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-07_et6n3u — Rescue workers from the French "Sécurité Civile" take small boats to an evacuation operation for residents of the edge of the Seine River in Juvisy-sur-Orge, near Paris.
Christian Hartmann / Reuters

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-08_vayfzc — View of the flooded river-side of the Seine near the Eiffel tower.
Philippe Wojazer / Reuters

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-09_beptej — Emergency inflatable boats are parked with the Notre-Dame Cathedral in the background as high waters cover the banks of the Seine in Paris.
Charles Platiau / Reuters

galleries/2016/06/03/the-city-of-light-underwater/160603-paris-flooding-10_foaajx — An abandoned car is submerged in deep water on the flooded river-side of the Seine.
Pascal Rossignol / Reuters

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