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Photos of the River Seine flooded

Photographs of the floods of March 2001, June 2016 and January 2018: île de la Cité, île Saint-Louis, pont Alexandre III, pont Neuf, pont de Sully, port des Célestins, quai d’Orsay and square du Vert-Galant, by photographer David Henry. Regardez cette page en français…

Pont Alexandre III at night during the floods of the River Seine in January 2018.

Pont Alexandre III during a winter River Seine flood

Pont de la Concorde and restaurant boats on the River Seine during the floods in January 2018.

Pont de la Concorde and restaurant boats on a flooded River Seine

Île de la Cité seen from the Right Bank during the floods of the River Seine in January 2018.

Île de la Cité seen from the Right Bank during the floods of January 2018

Île de la Cité and île Saint-Louis during the River Seine flood of January 2018

Île de la Cité and île Saint-Louis during the River Seine flood of January 2018

A restaurant boat put out of business by the River Seine floods of January 2018

A restaurant boat put out of business by the River Seine floods of January 2018

Quai des Célestins, pont de Sully and boulevard Henri-IV during the floods of the River Seine in February 2018.

A flooded River Seine seen from pont Marie on the Right Bank

The two other signs warn us that the road narrows there and that there is construction going on.

The Quai des Tuileries highway covered with water

Square du Vert-Galant on the western tip of île de la Cité covered in the floods of the River Seine in June 2016.

Square du Vert-Galant inundated by the flooded River Seine

Square du Vert-Galant covered by the flooded River Seine in June 2016.

A garden on île de la Cité in a summertime flood

The voie Georges-Pompidou highway covered in the floods of the River Seine in June 2016

The right bank of the River Seine flooded in June 2016

Reflections of trees on a flooded river bank below quai de l’Hôtel de ville, February 2021.

A flooded river bank below quai de l’Hôtel de ville

The tip of île de la Cité, covered by the floods of the River Seine.

Square du Vert-Galant under a springtime flood

The entrance to square du Vert-Galant covered by the floods of the River Seine.

The entrance to square du Vert-Galant under a springtime flood

The western tip of île Saint-Louis flooded by the River Seine, March 2001.

Île Saint-Louis during springtime floods

The western tip of île Saint-Louis covered by the waters of the flooded River Seine.

The western tip of île Saint-Louis inundated by the River Seine

Quai Henri IV under springtime floods of the River Seine.

A view under pont de Sully and port des Célestins during the springtime floods of 2001

The sun sets over the flooded Left Bank

Quai d’Orsay under a springtime flood

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