Mont-Tremblant, Que., officials asked residents of about 65 homes near the Diable River to evacuate on Monday evening, warning that the river would reach flooding levels overnight.
The City of St-Jerome, Que., has issued a provisional warning to people living in several parts of the community near the du Nord River.The Transport Department says that six other roads in the Laurentians and in the adjacent Lanaudiere region have been closed due to flooding. In Gatineau, Que., near Ottawa, Mayor France Belisle says almost 40,000 sand bags have been filled and would be distributed starting today.
Places that usually flood every year, and every year there is shock and panic. Most animals learn from the past :(