Authorities in Quebec were expected to partially lift an evacuation order in flood-stricken Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac on Tuesday, allowing some residents to return home.
The order, which won't include a section of the town northwest of Montreal that remains submerged, comes four days after a dike gave way, sending the Lake of Two Mountains gushing into town and forcing about 6,000 people from their homes.On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said extreme weather events are becoming a new reality for far too many people -- whether it's flooding in the East or dry weather leading to fires raging out of control in the Prairies.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault told a news conference in Quebec City that a post-mortem will be conducted looking at dikes across the province. Legault said the 3.5-kilometre dike that was breached in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac was last repaired in 2009. After record flooding in 2017, a private firm determined it needed millions of dollars of additional work to be reinforced.
Quebec officials said available data suggests the risk of flooding on several rivers across the province remains high, but Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault assured Quebecers, "The worst is behind us." In Quebec, 10,149 people were out of their homes as of Tuesday morning, and the province reported that 6,681 homes were flooded and 3,458 homes were isolated due to flooding.
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