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From France to Germany: Heavy rains cause deadly floods

Forecasters in both countries warned of more downpours over the next 24 hours.

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2016-06-03 11:03 GMT
Forecasters said that on Sunday the threat of flash floods in Texas would decrease as rains become less intense. (Photo: AP)
Rescuers in the Parisian suburb of Longjumeau were paddling up streets in lifeboats, while in the town of Montargis, only the tops of cars could be seen peeking above the surface
In Paris, officials were erecting emergency flood barriers along the Seine. The riverbanks are home to both the Louvre and the Orsay museum, which was also preparing for the worst.
Some towns in central France have been hit by their worst floods in over a century, with more than 5,000 people evacuated since the weekend and around 19,000 homes without power.
The deaths bring the toll from the floods in Germany to nine, including four killed earlier this week in the southern region of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Five people have been killed in the Simbach area, including three women from the same family -- a mother, grandmother and daughter -- who had been trapped in their house.
On one street, a car could be seen parked vertically against the wall of a house, pushed there by the floodwaters. Many other vehicles lay flipped over on roads blanketed by mud.
There were also chaotic scenes in the German town of Simbach am Inn, where the force of the water swept away the entire stock of a sawmill, leaving huge stacks of splintered wood blocking roads.
In France, a man on horseback died after he was swept away in a swollen river in Evry-Gregy-sur-Yerre, southeast of Paris, the local prefecture said.
Forecasters in both countries warned of more downpours over the next 24 hours.
Several towns in southern Germany have been devastated by flooding that has also seen rescuers in central France rowing lifeboats down streets turned into muddy rivers.
The world's most visited museum said it would shut its doors Friday to evacuate artworks from its basement storage, as the nearby river began to burst its banks following days of torrential rain.
Forecasters in both countries warned of more downpours over the next 24 hours.

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