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Title: River floods Catholic shrine town in France
Post by: NewsCaster on Oct 20, 2012, 11:30 PM
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-1201020-lourdes-cannon1.photoblog900.jpg)Laurent Dard / AFP - Getty ImagesThe Gave de Pau, the river passing through Lourdes, France, floods parts of the city in front of the Basilica, on Oct. 20. It has been raining in Lourdes since Oct. 18, and hundreds of pilgrims were evacuated today from hotels as the grotto is under nearly five feet of water.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-1201020-lourdes-cannon3.photoblog900.jpg)Laurent Dard / AFP - Getty Images(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-1201020-lourdes-cannon2.photoblog900.jpg)Laurent Dard / AFP - Getty Images  0 comments (http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/20/14580420-rain-swollen-river-floods-catholic-shrine-town-in-france#comments)Start the discussion (http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/20/14580420-rain-swollen-river-floods-catholic-shrine-town-in-france#comments) Explore related topics: weather (http://www.theinfostride.com.ng/weather), france (http://www.theinfostride.com.ng/france), religion (http://www.theinfostride.com.ng/religion), flood (http://www.theinfostride.com.ng/flood), world-news (http://www.theinfostride.com.ng/world-news), lourdes (http://www.theinfostride.com.ng/lourdes)
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