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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 been hit by flooding after sustained heavy rain swept the region. Torrential rain has continued to lash northern Europe, causing extensive flooding in France, Belgium and Germany.
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. The River Seine in Paris burst its banks, and the French Open tennis tournament in the city was hit for a second day by the miserable weather.
Further north, the Pas-de-Calais department was also on alert. In the centre of the country a prison had to be evacuated, with detainees bussed to other facilities.
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. On the Franco-Belgian border, six weeks' worth of rain fell in 24 hours.
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. Dozens of villages and hamlets are under water and forecasters have predicted more rain for Wednesday.
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. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve advised people to exercise the "greatest caution".
Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve advised people to exercise the "greatest caution". Emergency services were called out 4,500 times across the country between Monday evening and Tuesday morning as hundreds of evacuations were carried out.
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. On Tuesday only two of 10 scheduled tennis matches at the French Open were completed following Monday's washout, the first time in 16 years a whole day's play had been cancelled.
In the capital Paris, officials said the River Seine was at levels normally seen only in winter.
Parts of Belgium have also been affected, with emergency services in the city of Roeselare receiving more than 1,000 calls for flooded cellars, Belga news agency reported.
Streets in Vezon, near the city of Tournai, were hit by floods, made worse by mud washed in from nearby fields. Some major roads in the region were closed, media reported.
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.
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.Bad weather has been affecting parts of Europe for days.
On Sunday, a child of three drowned in the Yonne department after apparently slipping and falling.
Lightning injured 11 people in a Paris park on Saturday, most of them children.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.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.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.