Mud flood : FRENCH CONNECTION (56 IMAGES) #hiddenhistory #mudflood #frenchhistory

Please subscribe and like if you found this interesting for more weird and odd history! In the winter of 1892, Paris and the surrounding area experienced higher than normal rainfall which saturated the ground and filled rivers to overflowing. In January 1910, Parisians were preoccupied with daily life and lulled into a false sense of security because the Seine’s waters level had risen and fallen again in December. Consequently, they largely ignored reports of mudslides and flooding occurring upriver. They were also slow to notice warnings signs within the city as the Seine’s water level rose eight meters higher than normal,[its water began to flow much faster than normal, and large amounts of debris late January, the Seine River flooded Paris when water pushed upwards from overflowing sewers and subway tunnels, then seeped into basements through fully saturated soil and from the sewer system that got backed up, which led to the basements of several buildings sustaining damage.