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title: "Heavy rainfall hits Paris after recent European heatwave"
description: "Heavy rainfall hit Paris on Tuesday evening after a recent heatwave across France, affecting metro stations in the French capital."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "FLASH FLOODING IN FRANCE"
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published: "2022-08-17T04:00:38"
updated: "2022-08-17T00:54:52"
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# Heavy rainfall hits Paris after recent European heatwave

> Heavy rainfall hit Paris on Tuesday evening after a recent heatwave across France, affecting metro stations in the French capital.

By Reuters · Published 17 August 2022, 06:00 SAST · Updated 17 August 2022, 02:54 SAST

## Content

The RATP transport organisation said several Paris metro stations had been affected by flooding.

Meteo France has said that much of southern France could be hit by storms later this week.

*(Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta/Camille Raynaud.)*