Flooding in the Gaspé region
Posted in Emergency Management, Flooding on November 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Radio-Canada reported that on November 16–17, heavy rain caused river levels to rise in the Gaspé region causing evacuations and road closures. More than 100 millimetres of rain fell which caused rivers to overflow and forced the evacuation of about 250 people; Matane was the worst hit area, with 160 evacuees. All evacuees were able […]