‘My heart will go on': Paris police car plays ‘Titanic' theme amid deadly storms; the Internet is divided. WATCH

Indian Express

6 hours ago

A series of deadly storms, accompanied by torrential rains, hit central France and Paris on Wednesday, turning the City of Lights into a city of havoc. According to a report in the Independent, two people were killed in the storms while 17 were injured as several trees were uprooted and streets in Paris flooded. Amid the devastation, a video of a police car playing an ironic tune to alert residents during a patrol has caught the Internet's attention.
The viral video shows the police car playing the Titanic theme song, My Heart Will Go On, as it navigates through the flooded streets. Several other vehicles can be seen passing by amid the torrential rain. Sharing the video, @brutamerica wrote, 'A Paris police vehicle was caught blasting the Titanic theme song as it drove through a flooded street after heavy storms. '
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The unusual choice of tune during a real-life flooding situation struck many as ironic, and reactions online were swift, with many social media users irked by the incident, calling it 'insensitive'. 'How rude,' a user reacted. 'Romantique in every situation,' another user commented. 'Sense of French humor … That's why the French emblem is a rooster,' a third user reacted.
According to the Independent, France's civil defence agency reported that one person was critically injured as powerful storms swept across the country following a heatwave. The storms also left around 110,000 homes without power.
According to French media, a 12-year-old child was killed after a tree fell in the southwest, while in the northwest, a man lost his live after his quad bike crashed into a tree brought down by the storm. The weather conditions also led to multiple flight delays at Paris' Orly Airport, while Charles de Gaulle Airport recorded wind gusts reaching 53 mph as the storms swept through the area.