In pictures: River Seine bursts banks in Paris
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Image source, AFPThe river is so high that most boats are unable to get under the bridges to pass along it.
Image source, ReutersSome Metro lines and stations have been closed along with tourist attractions including the Notre Dame cathedral and Musée d'Orsay.
Image source, AFPLooking on to the Île de la Cité - the island in the Seine where you find Notre Dame - trees and lamp posts can be seen emerging from the water.
Image source, AFPThe river is normally one or two metres (3ft-6ft), as measured from a point on Austerlitz bridge, but it is now over 5m.
Image source, AFPThere are predictions it could reach 6.2m on Saturday - taking the level above the historic levels reached during dramatic floods in June 2016.
Image source, AFPParis has a notorious rat problem and rising water levels are driving many of them out of their nests.
Image source, AFPHowever, the water is still far from the 8.6m level reached in 1910, when residents were forced to flee low-lying zones of the city.
- 3 June 2016
