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Added on the 06/10/2020 21:03:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Seine's peak flood reached 4.25 metres in Paris on Saturday, while the famous Zouave statue on the Pont de l'Alma had its feet in the water. IMAGES
The River Garonne is slightly overflowing in Bordeaux, flooding cycle paths along the quays, while the Gironde department in south-west France is under an orange flood warning for Monday. IMAGES
Residents move in boats through the flooded streets of a town in northern Bolivia after heavy rains caused the Acre River to overflow. The city of Cobija on the border with Brazil is suffering unprecedented flooding, with water levels reaching 17 meters (55.7 ft). The rainy season in Bolivia, which began in December and will last until March, has so far left 40 people dead and nearly 10,000 families affected, according to the government. IMAGES
The residents of Blendecques, a town in northern France, are trying to cope with further flooding caused by the 'exceptional flooding of the Aa', two months after the November floods. IMAGES
Heavy rain and floods have left river islands and swathes of land in the province of Corrientes in northern Argentina underwater, causing deaths and forcing thousands to evacuate. Officials have laid the blame for the extreme weather on the El Nino phenomenon, is typically associated with warming ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. IMAGES