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Heavy rain brings floods to northern France Heavy rain brings floods to northern France
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Parts of northern France have woken to flooding after sustained heavy rain, which shut down the French Open tennis tournament on Monday. Parts of northern France have been hit by flooding after sustained heavy rain swept the region.
The national weather service declared a red alert in the Loiret Department and orange alerts in regions nearby as the River Loing burst its banks. The national weather service declared a red alert in the Loiret region and orange alerts in areas nearby as the River Loing burst its banks.
Further north, the Pas de Calais Department was also on alert. Further north, the Pas-de-Calais department was also on alert.
A child of three drowned in the Yonne Department on Sunday while lightning injured 11 people in Paris on Saturday. A child of three drowned in the Yonne department on Sunday and heavy rain also shut down the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Monday.
Most of those injured by the lightning bolt in a city park were children. One of the towns particularly affected by the flooding on Tuesday was Bruay-la-Buissiere, near Lens, where firefighters patrolled the streets in a dinghy.
The child who died on Sunday was found in the basement of their family home in the village of Saint-Martin-d'Ordon.
It appears that the child slipped and fell, French media say.
One of the towns particularly affected by the flooding on Tuesday was Bruay-la-Buissiere, near Lens, where firefighters patrolled the streets on a dinghy.
Emergency services were called out 4,500 times across the country between Monday evening and Tuesday morning as "numerous" roads flooded and hundreds of evacuations were carried out, AFP news agency reports.Emergency services were called out 4,500 times across the country between Monday evening and Tuesday morning as "numerous" roads flooded and hundreds of evacuations were carried out, AFP news agency reports.
In Pas-de-Calais, rescue workers evacuated homes or ordered people to move to higher floors as rivers rose more than 1m (3ft) in some areas.
Monday's washout at the French Open was the first time in 16 years a whole day's play had been cancelled but tournament director Guy Forget remained confident the tournament would finish on schedule on Sunday.Monday's washout at the French Open was the first time in 16 years a whole day's play had been cancelled but tournament director Guy Forget remained confident the tournament would finish on schedule on Sunday.
Storms and torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern Germany earlier this week, leaving four people dead and several injured. The child who died on Sunday in France's Yonne department was found in the basement of their family home in the village of Saint-Martin-d'Ordon.
It appears that the child slipped and fell, French media say.
Bad weather has been affecting parts of Europe for days.
Lightning injured 11 people in a Paris park on Saturday, most of them children.
A man was also killed by lightning in southern Poland while descending a mountain.
Storms and torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern Germany on Sunday and Monday, leaving four people dead and several injured.
A river burst its banks in the town of Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, sweeping away cars and smashing them into shop windows.A river burst its banks in the town of Braunsbach, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, sweeping away cars and smashing them into shop windows.