Source: The Canadian Press, April 26, 2019
Communities across much of Eastern Canada are bracing for more flooding Friday, with rain in the forecast from central Ontario to northern New Brunswick.
Officials in Quebec are keeping a close eye on a hydroelectric dam west that’s at risk of failing, while Ottawa’s mayor has declared an emergency and part of the Trans-Canada Highway has been closed in New Brunswick.
The Chute-Bell dam west of Montreal has reached “millennial” water levels, meaning a flood that happens once every 1,000 years, but Hydro-Quebec says it’s confident the structure is solid.
