Floodwaters peaked on the weekend and began to recede along some areas of the swollen Ottawa River while sandbagging and cleanup efforts continued Sunday in…
The City of Gatineau said 712 people have registered for disaster relief so far and the Red Cross has provided shelter in local hotels for 137 of those victims.
“Elsewhere, levels are expected to reach a peak and should begin to decline slowly in the coming days.” “Reservoirs in the northern part of the watershed, which are being used to store runoff and minimize flooding downstream, are rapidly filling,” the ORRPB cautioned. “The new forecasts show that the water levels may drop very slightly by 5 cm tomorrow,” according to a social media post from West Carleton Disaster Relief. “While that will reduce the number of new threatened homes, some still need to be protected and over 150 are sandbagged and need to be maintained. More sandbags and volunteers are needed Sunday./“The levels will stabilize and only fall very gradually in the coming days.
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