Flooding continues in Quebec, more troops brought in for evacuations
Posted May 9, 2017 05:01:49 AM.
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Authorities in Quebec say the body of a 37-year-old man who was swept up in the flooding on Sunday has been found.
Provincial Police say the body of Mike Gagnon of Saint Anne des Monts was recovered yesterday not far from where a strong current pulled his car toward the Sainte Anne River in eastern Quebec.
A woman in the car managed to save herself, but a two-year-old girl has not yet been found, a search for her will resume this morning.
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 soldiers are now helping Quebecois deal with flooding that has caused widespread damage and evacuations.
Quebec’s public security minister says water levels across the province are expected to peak by Wednesday then begin to recede.
Heavy rains and melting snowpack across Quebec have so far flooded 2,429 residences, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in almost 150 municipalities.
The Quebec legislature will not sit today, allowing members to stay in their ridings an extra day, and the federal government has asked employees who work in Gatineau to avoid travelling to their offices on Tuesday for a second day in a row.
In Atlantic Canada, some parts of New Brunswick recorded more than 150 millimetres of rain after a nearly 36 hour non-stop downpour.
And while the deluge tapered off early Sunday, New Brunswick’s St. John River had spilled its banks, forcing several road closures.
In British Columbia, two men remains missing as flooding continued to plague the province’s Interior.
