Thanks to the unusually high amount of snowfall in France (and much of Europe) this season, we're getting reports that the Seine has risen to its highest level in four years, shutting down river boat companies.
Website France24 is reporting that the river reached 3.91 meters (that’s 12.82 feet) on Tuesday, just 15 inches short of the maximum level allowed for navigation. The river cruise companies Bateaux Mouches and Batobus have shut down their operations, and authorities have closed the city expressways on both sides of the river. Water is now lapping at the ankles of the Zouave, the statue on the Pont de l’Alma that Parisians have used since the 19th century to measure the level of the river.