Thousands evacuated as floods batter Paris region

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A Paris fireman anchors a flooded container used by a restaurant on the river Seine in Paris, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The Seine River has overflowed embankments in Paris as floods hit or threaten cities and towns around France.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

PARIS – French media say that thousands have been evacuated as floods continue to threaten homes and businesses across the Paris region.

French authorities say that areas along the Loing River, a tributary of the Seine, had seen waters rise to levels unseen since 1910, when a massive flood swamped the French capital.

Media reported of evacuations in the town of Nemours, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Paris. The iTele broadcaster said 400 firefighters and police were at work there removing people from flood-hit homes.

France’s meteorological service said Thursday that severe flood watches are in effect in two Paris-area departments: Loiret and Seine-et-Marne. Eight more departments, including three on the German, border, face flood warnings as well.

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