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French daredevil tightrope walker Nathan Paulin claim a new world record after completing a 2,200-metre-long (nearly 1.4-mile) trip to Mont Saint-Michel on a wire suspended between a crane and the famous abbey on the tidal island. It took him two hours to inch his way, barefoot, along the two-centimetre-wide slackline. +COMPLETES 32AZ9Z2_EN+ AND SOUNDBITES
A rare phenomenon during which the water rises as fast as it has receded.
Mont-Saint-Michel becomes an island amid high tides, a rare phenomenon during which the water rises as fast as it has receded. In the space of a few hours, the famous tourist monument is cut off from the world.
The iconic French island of Mont Saint-Michel is deserted. Heavily reliant on tourism, the island’s businesses have lost one-third of their annual sales, with up to one-third of local tour guides expected to stop altogether.
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