As floods become increasingly frequent across France and the risk to the capital grows, the Paris City Hall conducted a large-scale “real-life” simulation of a Seine River flood on Monday, October 13.

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This Monday, October 13, 2025, a new full-scale crisis exercise will be carried out in the center of Paris, to test the measures to be put in place and the reactions of residents, in the event of major flooding of the Seine.

Footage shot by a spectator at a game between Toulon and RC La Rochelle showed rugby fans sitting under umbrellas and players running onto the waterlogged pitch, before the game was postponed. Reuters was able to independently verify the location of the ...

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that September was dominated by a persistent high-pressure system centered over Eastern Europe. This atmospheric blocking pattern suppressed cloud formation and created ideal conditions for solar irradiance across a broad swathe of the continent.

Four people have died and up to 18 more are missing in floods and heavy rain in south-eastern France, local authorities said on Monday.

When Parisians awoke that day in the cold and rain, they discovered the Zouave on the Pont de l'Alma submerged to the foot, a warning signal of the impending crisis. Navigation on the Seine was quickly banned, a warning sign of the seriousness of the situation.