Photos: Heavy rains flood Paris

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Photos: Heavy rains flood Paris

Paris' Seine River has been climbing steadily following days of heavy rainfall, which officials said was at its highest water level in nearly 35 years on Friday, June 3, 2016.

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 02: Water rises by night near the area of the Eiffel Tower as the Seine river's embankments overflow after four days of heavy rain on June 2, 2016 in Paris, France. Northern France is experiencing wet weather causing flooding in parts of France especially in Paris. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)

A man paints Notre Dame cathedral surrounded by the flooding Seine river in Paris, France Friday, June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A fireman pulls a woman and her dog to shore, by a row of houseboats on the river Seine in Paris France, Wednesday June 1, 2016. The Seine River has overflowed embankments in Paris as floods hit or threaten cities and towns around France.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Residents evacuate their home in Nemours, south of Paris, Thursday June 2, 2016. Floods inundating parts of France and Germany have left five people dead and thousands trapped in homes or cars, as rivers have broken their banks from Paris to Bavaria.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

View of the flooded banks of the river Seine in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

View of the flooded banks of the river Seine in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Zouave statue at the bridge Pont de l'Alma which serves as a measuring instrument for water levels during floods, is partly overflowing by the river Seine in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut down as it surged to its highest levels in nearly 35 years. Across the city, museums, parks and cemeteries shut down as the city braced for evacuations. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

People have dinner on the flooded banks of the Seine river near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut down as it surged to its highest levels in nearly 35 years. Across the city, museums, parks and cemeteries shut down as the city braced for evacuations. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

A traffic sign stands on the flooded banks of the Seine river near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut down as it surged to its highest levels in nearly 35 years. Across the city, museums, parks and cemeteries shut down as the city braced for evacuations. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

A man takes a picture of the flooding Seine river, in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. The swollen Seine River kept rising Friday, spilling into Paris streets and forcing one landmark after another to shut down as it surged to its highest levels in nearly 35 years. Across the city, museums, parks and cemeteries shut down as the city braced for evacuations. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

View of the flooded banks of the river Seine in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A family take their picture with flooding in the background, on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A family visits the flooded banks of the Seine river near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France Friday June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

People look at the flooding Seine river, in Paris, Friday June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

General view from a helicopter of the river Seine which has been overflowing its banks in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. Paris' Seine River has been climbing steadily following days of heavy rainfall but until now has done little damage beyond the steep embankments on either side. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People look at the flooding Seine river in front of the Musee d' Orsay in Paris, France Friday June 3, 2016. Both the Louvre and Orsay museums were closed as the Seine, which officials said was at its highest level in nearly 35 years, was expected to peak sometime later Friday. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Boats are lined up on the flooded Loing Canal in St Mammes, where the Loing joins the Seine south of Paris, France, Thursday June 2, 2016. Floods inundating parts of France and Germany have left five people dead and thousands trapped in homes or cars, as rivers have broken their banks from Paris to Bavaria.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Plastic boxes containing artworks are placed for safe-keeping in an exhibition hall at the Musee de Louvre which is closed and tourists being turned away, due to the unusually high water level of the nearby river Seine in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. French officials say that the Seine River is still rising in Paris as France's unseasonable spate of rainfall begins to taper off. ((AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Plastic boxes placed between sculptures as artworks are packed to be moved from the exhibition hall, as visitors are turned away from the entrance of the Musee de Louvre which is closed due to the unusually high water level of the nearby river Seine in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. French officials say that the Seine River is still rising in Paris as France's unseasonable spate of rainfall begins to taper off. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Visitors gather in front of the entrance of the Musee de Louvre which is closed and tourists being turned away, due to the unusually high water level of the nearby river Seine in Paris, Friday, June 3, 2016. French officials say that the Seine River is still rising in Paris as France's unseasonable spate of rainfall begins to taper off.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 02: Water rises by night near the area of the Eiffel Tower as the Seine river's embankments overflow after four days of heavy rain on June 2, 2016 in Paris, France. Northern France is experiencing wet weather causing flooding in parts of France especially in Paris. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)

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