Paris rats, rain, floods and snow

It’s all been happening in the French capital recently with deep snow replacing floods and rats as the main problem hampering residents.

Some great footage is doing the rounds on social media of people of varying abilities partaking in various wintersports; Montmartre hill turning into an impromptu playground.

I’ve heard of walking to work but #skiing erm this was this morning from #Montmartre to #Paris #France heavy #snow covered ten ground… #neige #ExtremeWeather video Basile Ducournau report: @Meteovilles https://t.co/j6XzxZ0Hvd pic.twitter.com/IMvPYYIzlz

— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) February 7, 2018

Paris in the snow – in pictures https://t.co/a2yVLM1uOf

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 7, 2018

Success! The Paris agreement is already stopping global warming in Paris. https://t.co/Vz4yqyWqgV

— Per Strandberg (@LittleIceAge) February 7, 2018

Last month parts of the city flooded, the Seine swollen by higher than usual rainfall in the area surrounding the city.

The high water levels appears to have flushed the rats out of the sewers, the rodents having nowhere to go except ground level.

Rats scamper outside the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as flooding, caused by the River Seine, forces the rodents out onto the streets. https://t.co/ZhTgYho9Tv pic.twitter.com/CpzzoQs0Se

— ABC News (@ABC) January 24, 2018

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