There are also flood warnings in several other areas of Ontario, which includes the province’s cottage country. Provincial police were patrolling homes and cottages along the Rouge River, about 140 kilometres west of Montreal, where 75 people were forced to evacuate over fears the flood waters could overwhelm the dam. “What we’re seeing for the Ottawa area right now is that the peak is set to come around Monday or Tuesday,” he told CTV News Channel. Red Cross officials in New Brunswick said Friday 70 per cent of the people asking for flood assistance this year also asked last year. Water at the Chute-Bell dam, built in 1915, has reached levels expected once every 1,000 years, but Hydro-Quebec said it's confident the structure is solid. Details here: An area resident is ferried from her home in Darlings Island, N.B. Flood Damage Reduction Program. The Red Cross has 10 centres across Quebec to help those affected by the floods, she said. Quebec authorities said that as of Saturday morning, 3,056 homes across the province were flooded and 2,736 were surrounded by water. Listen and subscribe to get a daily fix on the latest political news and issues. The latest forecast predicts waters will slowly recede in most areas over the next five days. The costs, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, made 2019 the seventh most costly year on record. Thousands of people across Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick are facing several more days of flooding that has already been life-changing for many. To this end, from the mid-1970s until 1998, there was a national program of flood damage reduction through mapping of floodplains areas and the encouragement of land use controls within these mapped areas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangPrime Minister Justin Trudeau is confronted by a man claiming that the Prime Minister's security detail was blocking the road and delaying access for people trying to assist with flood relief efforts in the Ottawa community of Constance Bay on Saturday, April 27, 2019. The city issued a state of emergency on Thursday. “There was a high snow pack this year throughout the entire Ottawa River watershed and we’ve had some major precipitation events over the last couple of weeks.” Some 1,800 homes there are in the flood zone, with about 4,000 people at risk. Canada’s flood costs may triple by 2030 if protections aren’t improved: reportCoronavirus: Canadian regions prepare to fight flooding amid the COVID-19 pandemicSevere weather in Canada cost $1.3 billion in insured damages in 2019: IBCData reveals scope, damage of spring floods in Quebec and New BrunswickSoldiers help protect Pembroke, Ont., against historic Ottawa River floodingCanada is the only G7 country without a national flood forecasting system. Dozens of volunteers, including players from the Ottawa 67’s hockey team, also helped with the flood relief. Meanwhile, soldiers with the Canadian Armed Forces were dispatched to reinforce a dike in Pointe-Calumet, northwest of Montreal, that was threatening to give way. Trudeau and his two sons helped with sandbagging. The Ottawa River is expected to rise another 55 centimeters by Tuesday. Premier Blaine Higgs told reporters that with two floods in as many years it’s clear climate change is affecting flooding frequency, and his new Conservative government will take this into account in future planning. A large focus is being put on the Constance Bay area, which is considered one of the worst hit areas.
About 2,000 people have so far been forced from their homes. “The situation is changing hour by hour,” Stephanie Picard, spokesperson for Canadian Red Cross, told CTV News Channel. Just in the city of Rigaud, near the Ontario border, 685 people have left their houses where a mandatory evacuation order is in place. Listen and subscribe to get a weekly update with the newsmakers who matter. A morning report from the board that monitors levels in the Ottawa River near Constance Bay says water levels are just shy of their 2017 levels and are forecast to rise another 47 centimetres. A closer look at Joe Biden’s running mateRed Deer doctor remembered, police say he was killed in a targeted attackNHL pushes game back a day after Lightning, Blue Jackets go into 5th OTTrump says Spanish flu ‘probably ended’ World War II during press conferenceAlyssa Milano claims she’s losing her hair after COVID-19 battleFormer colleagues remember doctor killed in Red Deer attack Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Constance Bay on Saturday morning, where he spoke with local volunteers. Mar 28 Canada Quebec's Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault said Saturday about 50 landslides have been reported across the province. Geoffrey Downey, a spokesperson for New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization, said while it's raining across much of the province on Saturday, officials aren't expecting a lot of precipitation. “We are watching the next system, possibly Wednesday into Thursday another huge system that will be sweeping across southern and central Ontario and southern Quebec,” Gerald Cheng from Environment Canada told CTV Toronto.
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