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The Great Paris Flood of 1910

Name: The Great Paris Flood of 1910
Uploaded: 2026-11-02T13:00:17Z
Duration: 1069 s
Channel: The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Description: Unusually large amounts of rainfall in previous months and an ill-timed storm over northern France turned the Seine into a raging force in January of 1910. The quay walls started to slip, water poured into the city through new sewer lines, and the city’s power flickered out. Check out our new s...