Add France as an interest to stay up to date on the latest France news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestFloodwaters reached a peak in Paris on Monday and were threatening towns downstream along the rain-engorged Seine River as it winds through Normandy toward the English Channel. Rivers swollen by France's heaviest rains in 50 years have engulfed romantic quays in Paris, swallowed up gardens and roads, halted riverboat cruises — and raised concerns about climate change. I've come to Paris since 1965, most years, and I've never seen the Seine as high," said Terry Friberg, visiting from Boston. "We're up to the maximum, maximum and now we're just waiting for it to go down," he said.

Source: ABC News January 29, 2018 08:43 UTC