Climbers brought in to help protect Notre Dame from elements

Protective tarpaulins unfurled over fire-ravaged cathedral to prevent rain damage

Climbers have been brought in to unfurl protective tarpaulins over Notre Dame to protect it from the rain after the Parisian cathedral was left badly damaged and open to the elements by a fire last week.

The blaze on 15 April felled the 850-year-old Gothic cathedral’s spire and destroyed two-thirds of its vaulted roof, leaving the building in a fragile condition.

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