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Louvre closed tomorrow due to Paris flooding

The world's biggest museum in Paris is to close tomorrow, June 3rd, to evacuate artworks hel...
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22.13 2 Jun 2016


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Louvre closed tomorrow due to Paris flooding

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The world's biggest museum in Paris is to close tomorrow, June 3rd, to evacuate artworks held in its underground reserves after days of heavy rain in France.

The Louvre, home to great artworks like the Mona Lisa, is located along the banks of the river Seine.

France 24 reports that the Seine - the river flowing through the French capital - swelled to more than five metres above its usual levels today, and burst its banks in places.

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The Musee d'Orsay, which holds the world’s greatest collection of Impressionist artwork, sits across the river from the Louvre.

It closed early today to implement its own flood protection plan.

Severe flooding across France over the past few days has also forced parts of its Metro network to shut down.

Authorities say waters are at levels not seen since 1910, but The Local's Oliver Gee tweeted a picture to show the level of the Seine is still very far from the flood of the century.

Storms and torrential rain have also caused chaos in parts of Germany with reports of eight people dead as a result of flash floods.


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