PARIS — The Louvre Museum and the Musée d’Orsay relocated masterpieces from rooms vulnerable to flooding, and cultural institutions across the French capital turned away tourists, as continuing rains on Friday lifted the Seine River to its highest levels since 1982. The Musée Girodet in Montargis, a town about 77 miles south of Paris, suffered heavy damage on Thursday. The Seine burst its banks on Wednesday and continued to swell, raising alarms throughout the capital. PhotoThe evacuation was expected to last four days, though it was unclear if the plan would be halted if the Seine stopped rising. Near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, pieces of tree trunks floated along the swollen river.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2016 11:01 UTC