Flooding hits French towns as water recedes elsewhere

A girl walks ground between floodwaters on the banks of the river Seine in Paris (Rafael Yaghobzadeh/AP)

Floodwaters that devastated vineyards and orchards receded Saturday in southwest France but rose elsewhere, including in a French town where people were evacuated from their homes.

In the Paris region, the Seine overflowed its embankments for a fifth day. The Marne River to the east inundated several towns, including Lagny-Sur-Marne.