Seine in flood

It's at the Pont d'Austerlitz where measurements are taken to determine the height of the Seine and whether it's in flood or not!

Here are the largest floods recorded since 1900

Flood of 1910

On January 28, 1910, the flood reached 8.62 meters at Austerlitz and 2,500 cubic meters per second at its peak.

12 of Paris' 20 arrondissements were flooded

1 death

 Here, the interior of the Gare d'Orsay, now the Musée d'Orsay.

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Paris, Pont Alexandre III, January 29, 1910

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View of Hôtel de Ville from Ile Saint Louis

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Flood of 1924

January 6 7.32 meters at Austerlitz

The Zouave on the Pont de l'Alma was up to its elbows in water at 10 a.m. on January 3, 1924.

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January 1955 flood

January 23 7.12 m at Austerlitz

 

January 1982 flood

January 14 6.18 m high at Austerlitz

 

Flood of 2016

June 3, 4 and 5, 2016he 6.10-meter level is exceeded at Austerlitz

4 dead and 24 injured

Zouave du Pont de l'Alma

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Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor flooded!

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Orsay Museum

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Notre Dame de Paris June 5, 2016

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Bridge of Arts

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Square du Vert-Galant

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