PARIS — Two individuals have been killed and 17 injured throughout torrential storms in France that toppled timber, flooded Paris streets and brought about parliament’s roof to spring a leak because the prime minister was talking.
“Have you ever observed that it was raining?” Prime Minister François Bayrou identified, wanting up on the Nationwide Meeting’s leaking domed ceiling after delivering a speech on the Center East as a deluge fell outdoors, shortly inundating Paris boulevards on Wednesday night.
The meeting vp, Roland Lescure, suspended the talk so fireplace officers may try the issue. When he restarted the session about quarter-hour later, Lescure instructed lawmakers that absorbent mats have been used to patch up the leak.
The French civil protection company mentioned one particular person was critically injured within the storm, which broadly swept France after a warmth wave. The company mentioned energy was additionally reduce to 110,000 houses.
A falling tree killed a 12-year-old youngster in southwest France and a person died when his quad-bike hit a toppled tree within the northwest, French media reported.
