Roman Catholic pilgrims are told to evacuate on Tuesday (June 18) as floodwater pours through Lourdes, France.<br/> <br />The wave of water rises to a bridge overlooking the hillside grotto where believers say The Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant girl in 1858.<br/> <br />The site attracts nearly six million visitors annually.<br/> <br />Many come to bathe in the shrine's grottos, where the water is believed to have healing powers.<br/> <br />Now some may be praying for the flood to recede.
