Quebec Floods: Emergency Declared, Homes Evacuated

0:00It's April 20th, from your city to your ears. This is Canada News today, powered by AI. Flooding's gripping Quebec tight, with the vigilance network counting one major flood, eight moderate ones, and 26 minor across the province. As of Monday, the Atawaii's region's taking the worst blows in spots like Fort Cologne and Mansfield at Pontifract, where rivers are swelling bad from the Atawai. Fort Coulange declared a state of emergency Sunday night, stacking sandbags high against the overflow, closing the Rouge bridge, and watching the block one close. They're handing out bags to worried folks and asking everyone to cut back on water use. Next door, Mansfield at Pontifract, it's critical. 70 homes and cottages got evac notices, 30 more coming, with some properties already cut. Locals aren't all on board though, the chief exec says resilience from past floods makes some drag their feet on leaving, even if danger's not right. There yet, over in Rippin, firefighters kayaked out one resident whose path home got too risky, and Saint Gabriel de Brandon's seeing levels drop, worse behind.

1:07Them with no evax needed, big cities are holding steady, Quebec City's waters falling along key rivers, 45 homes cut off over the weekend, but no one moved, Montreal's. Stable with one road closed, three kilometers long, better prepped them before. Gatt knows eyeing 164 homes, but no orders out. Cooler temps in dry forecast are buying time province wide, and Premier Christine Frichette says it's under control. Rainfall below critical though, they're watching Ottawa ease, Argentoie, Lanodier, and Quebec extra close, as team stay ready.