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A technician assesses flood damage on railway tracks in Paris on Saturday, June 4. The rain-swollen Seine river receded Saturday for the first time in a week after nearing its highest level in three decades. DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images
The Zouave statue at Pont de l'Alma, which serves as a measuring instrument for water levels, is partly submerged by the Seine on Friday, June 3. Kamil Zihnioglu/AP
Staff of the Louvre post signs on June 3, informing visitors about the closing of the famous museum due to flooding in the city. Markus Schreiber/AP
Plastic boxes containing artworks are placed between sculptures for safe-keeping in an exhibition hall at the Musée du Louvre on June 3. Markus Schreiber/AP
An employee of the Musée d'Orsay moves artwork to protect it from the flooded Seine river on June 3. Jean-Baptiste Quentin/Maxppp/ZUMAPress
A man maneuvers through a flooded street in Nemours, south of Paris, on June 3. Thibault Camus/AP
Residents are evacuated from their homes in Nemours on June 2. Water from the Loing River flooded the streets of the French town. Jerome Delay/AP
People leave their home in Longjumeau on June 2. Jerome Delay/AP
An aerial photo shows flood waters around the 16-th century chateau of Chambord on June 2 after the Cosson burst its banks. GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images
A man rides a bike through a Paris street flooded by the Seine on June 2. Markus Schreiber/AP
People wait in a Nemours gymnasium after evacuations. DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/AFP/Getty Images
A replica of the Statue of Liberty faces the overflowing Seine in Paris on Wednesday, June 1. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/AFP/Getty Images
Two women try to enter their flooded home from an inflatable raft in Montargis on June 1. GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/AFP/Getty Images
