In Canada, the high water flooded more than a thousand homes

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В Канаде паводок затопил более тысячи домовIn Eastern Canada, hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes due to massive flooding.

“More than 1,000 homes flooded in the province of Quebec, with the majority near the capital of Quebec city, including 500 houses went under water in St-Marie, 60 km South of the capital.”

According to Gaetan Vashon, mayor of Saint-Marie, the water level in the river Sodie, which flows past the city on Sunday every hour has risen by 20 cm, the Current flooding is unprecedented in the history of the city.

To assist in the evacuation of the population and protection of critical infrastructure in Quebec was to deploy the troops. Now the struggle with the elements involved 600 troops and tens of units of special equipment.

Meteorologists predict that in the next days the temperature will drop and the precipitation will cease, which will contribute to the lowering of the water level in reservoirs.

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