The Flooding of Paris

FLOODS— “The inundation of Paris made many of the streets of that metropolis as navigable as the canals of Venice. The highest point reached by the water was 31 feet 4 inches above the normal at the Pont Royal. Not since the historic flood of 1615 has Paris been visited by such an inundation. The banks have been overflowed for up to a mile on either side. The actual cause of the flood has not been fully revealed. Some explain it geologically by arguing that the basin of the Seine had become saturated during a mild winter, characterized by heavy rains and little evaporation. It will be safer to await the investigation of the municipal engineers.”