Following heavy rainfall over the past few days, three departments in the Paris region have been placed on yellow flood alert this Monday, December 9, 2024. We take a look at the details of these forecasts in the Ile-de-France region.
While the level of the Seine has remained high all winter, it is likely to rise again this weekend, with an impact on the Paris Marathon route on Sunday, and a test run of the river parade for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games cancelled.
With the heavy rains of the last few days, the level of the Seine is close to 3m20, a high but rather normal height for the season, thanks to the dams that hold back the water upstream, to prevent Paris from being drowned.
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France is in the grip of record-breaking drought, with soils exceptionally arid. After another heatwave, rainfalls and thunderstorms are expected next week and likely to cause floodings in the country.
