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Rain continues to flood Paris suburbs

Video. Rain continues to flood Paris suburbs

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While the level of the river Seine is starting to fall, rainfall has swelled the water in the river Marne.

With the Seine river slowly subsiding, more rainfall is continuing to flood suburbs of Paris.

After reaching a plateau on Monday  the Marne river level rose again by 10 centimetres between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Heavy rains triggered a new rise in water levels, and roads already flooded for a week were forced to stay closed.

Vigicrues, the organisation monitoring floods in France, has reported a slow decline in the Seine's levels since Monday.

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