00:02France's record streak of 40 consecutive days of rain ended on Monday, however a risk of flooding
00:08remains according to state forecaster Meteo France. The last record was set in 2023 when
00:15France experienced 32 consecutive days of rainfall. And it is not the only record that was broken.
00:21Last week France's National Flood Monitoring Service reported soil moisture had reached its
00:27highest level since records began in 1959.
00:30There are only 10 centimeters of descended since 36 hours, so it's really a very slow
00:39and we only wait for 10 centimeters in the next 24 hours. So we are still in a very critical
00:46situation.
00:47The heavy rainfall is the result of back-to-back storms that struck Western and Southwestern Europe
00:53over the past few weeks. Scientists say human-driven climate change is increasing the length,
00:59intensity and frequency of extreme weather events.
