Houses are flooded near the Bras-du-Nord river Monday, May 1, 2023 in downtown Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec. Quebec public security officials say 89 municipalities are dealing with spring flooding with more than 660 people across the province forced to leave their homes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Houses are flooded near the Bras-du-Nord river Monday, May 1, 2023 in downtown Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec. Quebec public security officials say 89 municipalities are dealing with spring flooding with more than 660 people across the province forced to leave their homes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
MONTREAL - Quebec public security officials say 89 municipalities are dealing with spring flooding with more than 660 people across the province forced to leave their homes.
Officials say more than 1,200 homes have been flooded.
In Gatineau, across from Ottawa, authorities say the water levels have begun to stabilize overnight, and a slow and gradual decline could begin to start the week.
In the provincial capital area, which includes Charlevoix region, 364 people were listed as unable to return home.
That region northeast of Quebec City is where two volunteer firefighters died Monday after they were swept away during a rescue operation.
