Canadian Forces dispatch 400 troops to help with Quebec floods

More than 400 soldiers headed to various regions of Quebec on Saturday to help cope with the heavy flooding caused by unrelenting rain in Central and Eastern Canada in recent days. The Canadian Forces personnel were deployed to western and central Quebec and in and around the Montreal area as water levels continued to threaten hundreds of

residences.“People are tired psychologically and municipal authorities are running on empty in terms of resources,” said Eric Houde, director general of Quebec’s civil security services.More than 130 communities in the province have been hit by the flooding, with an estimated 1,500 homes affected and 850 people forced to evacuate. READ MORE