Seine in flood

Seine in flood

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.
Flooding of the Seine. Gare d'Orsay, 7th arrondissement, Paris, January 30, 1910. PH3215

Credit Photo Petit, Pierre (Pierre Lanith Petit, dit) (atelier de), photographe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

Paris, Pont Alexandre III, January 29, 1910Flooding of the Seine. Pont Alexandre III, 8th arrondissement, Paris, January 29, 1910. PH3207

Credit Photo Petit, Pierre (Pierre Lanith Petit, dit) (atelier de), photographe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

View of Hôtel de Ville from Ile Saint LouisView taken from the tip of Ile Saint Louis during the 1910 Seine flood, 4th arrondissement, Paris. PH83256

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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.

3-1-24, the Zouave (from the Pont de l'Alma during the Seine flood), January 3, 1924 at 10 a.m. - press photograph - Agence Rol - btv1b53123529w
Photo credit French National LibraryCC0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

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

Paris - floods - June 2016 - 068
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Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor flooded!

Flood 2016-Solferino footbridge

Photo credit Djielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Orsay Museum

Flood 2016 Musée d'Orsay

Photo credit Thomon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Notre Dame de Paris June 5, 2016

Paris - floods - june 2016 - 008

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Bridge of Arts

Flood 2016-Pont des Arts
Photo credit Djielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons


Square du Vert-Galant

Flood 2016-Square du Vert Galant
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