Other Paris landmarks shut down due to flooding include the national library and the Grand Palais ... when the Great Flood of Paris swamped the capital. France's meteorological service said ...

Authorities shut the Louvre museum, the national library, the Orsay museum and the Grand Palais, Paris' striking glass ... well-to-do 16th district began to flood Friday afternoon as the river ...

Authorities have shut the Louvre museum, the national library ... that high flood alerts remained in effect in 14 regions, mostly in central and western France, including Paris.

The more modern François Mitterand library, built in the 1990s ... Traditionally, the risk period for a major flood in Paris would be from November to March, but now one could just as easily ...

The flood emergency level is currently at "orange," the highest warning below "red." It's not quite the worst flooding Paris has even seen. Back in 1910, the Seine rose to 28 feet, submerging the ...

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris is set to be hit by a huge downpour just as the festivities are about to begin, with a flood warning issued. The games officially open in France ...

Paris - Paris museums were preparing for the worst on Thursday as the French capital held its breath over whether the swollen river Seine would burst its banks. With emergency flood barriers already ...