When the world’s premier art museum has to move priceless artworks in underground storerooms away from rising floodwaters, it sends a chilling message to me.
The Louvre closed for days as a deluge of brown, debris-filled waters spilt over the banks of the river Seine onto Parisian quays and cobbled walkways normally busy with tourists and amorous couples.
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