Soldiers Deploy Across Quebec After Flood Caused Sinkhole Claims Woman’s Life

Soldiers Deploy Across Quebec After Flood Caused Sinkhole Claims Woman’s Life
A residential street is shown surrounded by floodwaters in the town of Rigaud, Que. west of Montreal, on April 19, 2019. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
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MONTREAL—Canadian Armed Forces are deploying in three regions across Quebec, officials say, as rising water levels continue to wreak havoc on the province after claiming a life.

About 200 soldiers were poised to start filling sandbags and carrying out evacuations in the Outaouais and Mauricie regions Saturday night, with 400 more troops set to deploy there as well as Laval on Sunday, said Brig.-Gen. Jennie Carignan.