Paris would run out of emergency food and water within a week, says report

A resident in a flooded street in Pommeuse, east of Paris, on 10 October 2024. A survey has found that Parisians would only have a week's worth of food and water in the event of an emergency. © AFP - DIMITAR DILKOFF

Paris would only have enough food and water to cope for between five and seven days in the event of an emergency, according to a new report into the city's ability to survive.

Together with police, Paris city hall launched investigations two years ago to discover how long the 2.1 million people who live in the capital could go without vital supplies.