© QMI AgencySherbrooke Flooding
In Sherbrooke, Que., in the Eastern Townships, the Saint-Francois river reached a record 25 feet Wednesday and floodwaters cut the city in two.
Firefighters rang doorbells just after midnight on Wednesday and asked 480 people to leave their homes, bringing the total number of displaced people to 632.
Downtown streets flooded and quickly froze in Sherbrooke as morning temperatures neared -10 C.
The situation was also precarious in Saint-Raymond, Que., east of Quebec City. Torrential rains caused the Saint-Anne River to rise at breakneck speed on Tuesday evening, flooding the downtown core. Mayor Daniel Dion told QMI Agency that 300 people were told to leave their homes.
In Lac-Des-Seize-Iles, Que., north of Montreal, a landslide collapsed most of a lakeside hill, carrying away three unoccupied cottages as well as boathouses. No one was injured.
In the town of Sussex, N.B., residents had to go without their morning cup of coffee as photos and videos showed a local Tim Hortons surrounded by rising flood waters.
Population:
Town of sussex: 4421
Greater Sussex region: 35000
In a town that size, in Canada, there is more than one Tim Horton's around, probably.
I'm gonna be cycling around New Brunswick in May, maybe I'll pass through town and verify. :D Wonder if they'll still need flooding recovery help.