Louvre and Orsay shut down due to flood threat

The Louvre Museum in Paris stopped admitting visitors this afternoon, 2 June and will be closed tomorrow, 3 June, due to the threat of flooding from the Seine River, which it borders. The Seine’s level is currently over 5m, and the city centre has been placed on an orange-level flood alert after days of rain.
An internal email by the Louvre’s director Jean-Luc Martinez to the museum’s staff, obtained by Reuters, said: “The museum will remain closed to the public tomorrow