"Not long ago they ran a flood simulation, how to evacuate museums, residents. Crates with pieces of artworks from the collections of the Louvre Museum are seen near statues after it was closed to the public due to the rising Seine River in Paris, on Friday. In the Louvre, workers stacked dozens of boxes marked fragile and containing valuable statues, vases and artworks. Crates containing pieces of artworks from the collections of the Louvre Museum are stacked in rows after the museum was closed to the public due to the rising Seine River. In Villeneuve Saint Georges, located near to Paris' Orly airport, soldiers and Red Cross volunteers helped stranded residents as floodwaters rose above knee level.

Source: CBC News June 03, 2016 14:07 UTC