MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says governments will need to adapt programs as climate change increases the frequency of serious flooding.
Speaking to reporters today after touring flooded areas in Gatineau, Que., Legault praised the efforts of local residents, provincial authorities and the Canadian Armed Forces in preparing for rising waters.Members of the Naval Reserve patrol the Ottawa river next to homes surrounded by floodwaters in the town of Rigaud, Que, west of Montreal on April 22, 2019.
"There will doubtless be more flooding to come," Quebec Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault told reporters in Yamachiche, about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal."The weather, the temperature, the melting snow — and with a water level that is already high — what we can do is prepare the best we can."