Just read in the paper this morning about the Seine bursting its banks from record rain with widespread flooding in Paris and several other cities. Any local reports? <BR>How bad is/was it really?

I have posted updates on this subject under two threads - - on that has "strike" and "flooding" in the header; the other is caled "rain, rain, rain", I think. <BR> <BR>Relatively speaking, the floding is not bad, that is not catastrophic. Few, if any people displaced from their homes; homes genuinely lost amost zero, I think. Some sizable segments of communities without drinking water for days on end, I think. The reports are less frequent and less dramatic since Friday. <BR> <BR>Still some traffic tie-ups, and possibly depressing to tourists whose first (or only ever) trip to Paris may seem marred. The strike by workers at the Louvre - - March 23-28 may have a greater impact on such visitors. <BR> <BR>Best wishes, <BR> <BR>Rex <BR>

I received an e-mail update from a friend that lives in Paris today. He said don't worry about the flood, it is only effecting the Seine river traffic. <BR>I leave this Thursday so I too am interested. <BR> <BR>Bon Voyage

does anybody know what happens in paris during easter weekend? <BR>is everything closed?

Just returned. Flooding only (so far) affects the river cruises.