© Jonathon Ren/The Epoch TimesA house along the Ottawa River flooded in Gatineau, near Ottawa, Canada, on April 27, 2019.
Thousands of Canadians have been evacuated from their homes as a result of severe flooding and rising water levels, while thousands more are working to stem the flow of water.
Across the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick,
thawing snow and heavy rain have led to record-high water levels in some places. Thousands of volunteers and residents, as well as the military, have been working to save homes.
The Canadian Armed Forces has deployed troops to help flood-hit regions across all three provinces. More members of the military are involved in fighting flooding in eastern Canada right now than in combat zones overseas.
"We don't have any limit. It's all based on the situation. If more are needed, we will always make more troops available," Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said.
Authorities have asked homeowners in many of the at-risk areas to evacuate while the roads are still usable.
Comment: And these monster sinkholes aren't limited to Indonesia:
- Massive sinkhole appears in farmers field in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- 2 giant sinkholes open up in central Turkey
- GARGANTUAN sinkhole swallows several cars and building is evacuated in Rome (VIDEO)
- 8 dead as massive sinkhole swallows eight-lane road in Foshan, China (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Although, perhaps due to it's geography, Indonesia does appear to be suffering more than most: