Search stretches into third day for two people missing after Quebec landslide
Rescue teams resumed looking Tuesday for a man and woman in their 40s missing inThe search operation is focused along a 1.8-kilometre stretch of the small, winding Éternité River, on the shore and in the water.
Quebec provincial police say the operation is being slowed by a number of factors including debris from the landslide and extreme heat. More than 50 people were forced to leave their homes after a storm on Sunday dumped 130 millimetres of rain over two hours on the area, washing away roads and triggering flooding.
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