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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
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
The Laita, a coastal river that flows through Quimperle in north-western France's Brittany region, is on the verge of overflowing its banks as the region is under an orange flood alert following heavy rainfall. IMAGES
Aerial images show flooding in France's northern Pas-de-Calais region, after heavy showers overnight from Monday to Tuesday. The floods have hit dozens of towns in the north of the country, leaving roads sometimes only passable in boats and dozens of schools closed, according to authorities. IMAGES
A part of the Landes department begins the year with "very important" floods of the Adour and Midouze rivers, notably at Mont-de-Marsan where the water hadn't reached such a level for 40 years. According to the site vigicrues, the Midouze, a tributary of the Adour, exceeded 7 m at Mont-de-Marsan in the evening of Thursday 31 December 2020 and is supposed to progress "slowly to stabilize between 7,45 m and 7,55 m" at midday on 1 January 2021. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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