Quebec flooding forces evacuations as 2 firefighters remain missing | 24CA News
Quebec provincial police say two firefighters stay lacking Tuesday morning after they have been reportedly swept away by rising river waters as main spring flooding hit elements of the province.
The pair of firefighters reportedly disappeared Monday afternoon whereas they have been making an attempt to help residents whose properties have been flooded on Route 138 close to St-Urbain, simply northeast of Quebec City. An intensive search operation is underway within the Charlevoix area.
Meanwhile, evacuations and emergency measures have been ordered within the close by neighborhood of Baie-Saint-Paul. The metropolis says 500 individuals have been pressured to depart their properties after intensive floodwaters washed out roads and remoted homes.
The metropolis says a number of streets are off-limits and colleges are closed Tuesday. Residents are instructed to remain inside whereas those that needed to evacuate from their properties are requested to remain away till additional discover. Environment Canada stated Baie-Saint-Paul obtained about 56 millimetres of rain by late Monday.
A search and rescue helicopter patrols the flooded space, searching for two lacking individuals on Monday, May 1, 2023 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec.
Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
François Bonnardel, Quebec Public Security Minister, will go to the hard-hit area and Baie-Saint-Paul.
Heavy rain has swept throughout southern Quebec for the reason that weekend. The province’s Public Security Department reported flooding and landslides closed a number of roads within the Outaouais, Laurentians and Lanaudière areas.
The municipality of St-Come, Que., within the Lanaudière area north of Montreal, additionally declared a state of emergency Monday and requested residents in elements of the neighborhood to evacuate.
— with recordsdata from Global News’ Annabelle Olivier and The Canadian Press
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