PARIS — Two other people have been killed and 17 injured right through torrential storms in France that toppled bushes, flooded Paris streets and brought about parliament’s roof to spring a leak because the top minister used to be talking.
“Have you ever spotted that it used to be raining?” Top Minister François Bayrou identified, taking a look up on the Nationwide Meeting’s leaking domed ceiling after handing over a speech at the Center East as a deluge fell outdoor, briefly inundating Paris boulevards on Wednesday night.
The meeting vice chairman, Roland Lescure, suspended the talk so fireplace officials may take a look at the issue. When he restarted the consultation about quarter-hour later, Lescure advised lawmakers that absorbent mats have been used to patch up the leak.
The French civil protection company mentioned one individual used to be severely injured within the hurricane, which widely swept France after a warmth wave. The company mentioned energy used to be additionally reduce to 110,000 properties.
A falling tree killed a 12-year-old kid in southwest France and a person died when his quad-bike hit a toppled tree within the northwest, French media reported.
