Joel Saget, AFP, Getty ImagesPeople look at waters of the river Seine rising on the statue of the Zouave at the Alma bridge in Paris on June 3, 2016. The rain-swollen river Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement. Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet), while deadly floods continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in France and Germany. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGETJOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
Markus Schreiber, APFlooded houses in the area of the town of Nemours south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. 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. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)- Thibault Camus, APA car lays abandoned in a flooded street of Nemours, France, 50 miles south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016, as waters continue to rise even as the rainfall tapers off and the Seine River is predicted to reach its highest level later Friday. 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. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- Laurent Kalfala, AFP, Getty ImagesA photo taken late on June 2, 2016 shows water rising near the statue of the Zouave and the Eiffel Tower at the Alma bridge in Paris. The rain-swollen River Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades on June 3, 2016, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement. Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet) Friday, while deadly floods continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in France and Germany. / AFP PHOTO / Laurent KalfalaLAURENT KALFALA/AFP/Getty Images
- Markus Schreiber, APFlooded caravans stand on a campground in a flooded area of the town of Nemours south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. 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. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- Thibault Camus, APA firetruck lays abandoned on a flooded path outside Moret sur Loing, France, 50 miles south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016, as waters continue to rise even as the rainfall tapers off and the Seine River is predicted to reach its highest level later Friday. 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.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- Markus Schreiber, APTwo people use a canoe on a flooded street in the town of Moret sur Loing south of Paris, France, Friday, June 3, 2016. 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. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- Markus Schreiber, APCars stand in muddy water on an flooded place in the area of the town of Nemours south of Paris Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- Markus Schreiber, APFlooded homes in an affected area of the town of Nemours south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. 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. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- Joel Saget, AFP, Getty ImagesA photo taken on June 3, 2016 in Paris, shows the Statue of Liberty in Paris after the banks of the River Seine became flooded following heavy rainfalls. The rain-swollen river Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement. Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet), while deadly floods continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in France and Germany. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGETJOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
- Markus Schreiber, APThe crossbars of soccer goals stand out of the water at a sport ground in a flooded area of the town of Nemours south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. 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. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- Thibault Camus, APPeople go about their business along a flooded street in Nemours, France, 50 miles south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016, as waters continue to rise even as the rainfall tapers off and the Seine River is predicted to reach its highest level later Friday. 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.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- Joel Saget, AFP, Getty ImagesA photo taken on June 3, 2016 in Paris, shows flooded railways tracks in front of the Eiffel tower after the banks of the River Seine became flooded following heavy rainfalls. The rain-swollen river Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement. Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet), while deadly floods continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in France and Germany. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGETJOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
- Joel Saget, AFP, Getty ImagesA photo taken on June 3, 2016 in Paris, shows a flooded car after the banks of the River Seine became flooded following heavy rainfalls. The rain-swollen river Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement. Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet), while deadly floods continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in France and Germany. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGETJOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
- Markus Schreiber, APFlooded homes in the area of the town of Nemours south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. 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. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
- Thibault Camus, APPeople bail out their garden in a flooded street of Nemours, France, about 50 miles south of Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016, as waters continue to rise even as the rainfall tapers off and the Seine River is predicted to reach its highest level later Friday. 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.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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People look at waters of the river Seine rising on the statue of the Zouave at the Alma bridge in Paris on June 3, 2016.
The rain-swollen river Seine in Paris reached its highest level in three decades, spilling its banks and prompting the Louvre museum to shut its doors and evacuate artworks in its basement. Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet), while deadly floods continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in France and Germany.
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By Glen Barber | The Denver Post
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PARIS (AP) — The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut on Friday. Across the city, parks and cemeteries were being closed as the city braced for flooding that could take weeks to fully clear.
The Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later in the day. Authorities shut the Louvre museum, the national library, the Orsay museum, and the Grand Palais, Paris’ striking glass-and-steel topped exhibition center.
