Paris, collapsed by heavy rains and wind

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A strong storm has collapsed traffic on Tuesday and has forced

and the Ile de France.

At 7:00 p.m.

, according to the Météo France station in the Montsouris park.

These data represent almost "70% of what normally falls in a month in total," said a spokesman.

The monthly rainfall collected between 1991 and 2020 in this station is

, so after the rains on Sunday and this Tuesday it has already been exceeded.

Météo France has declared an orange alert for another eight departments in the country, all on the Mediterranean coast, due to the risk of potentially violent storms that could cause heavy rains.

The subway, flooded

Shortly after 6:00 p.m., several

due to the water that fell down the access stairs to the platforms.

At 8:00 p.m., the Corentin-Celton and Porte d'Orléans stations reopened to the public, according to the RATP website.

Traffic, which had been interrupted on the entire line 6 of the metro, has returned to normal, and only access to Daumesnil station remains closed.

Likewise, the Quai de la Rapée, Ledru-Rollin, Alma-Marceau and Maubert-Mutualité stations remained closed, without service or with partial service, while traffic remained interrupted on the entire Orlyval line "due to heavy rains". .

On line H, traffic remained "slow between Paris Gare du Nord and Persan Beaumont in both directions via Valmondois" due to "deteriorating weather conditions".

Following major interruptions on line J between Paris Saint-Lazare and Ermont-Eaubonne, Gisors and Mantes-la-Jolie via Conflans Sainte-Honorine in both directions, the line's Twitter account indicated shortly before 8:00 p.m.: 00 hours that traffic was "gradually returning to normal on these routes."

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