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Quebec Premier Appeals for Calm as Floodwaters Rise


“Quebec Premier Jean Charest appealed for people to get themselves to safety as forecasts called for more high winds and rising levels in the Richelieu Valley, south of Montreal.

‘It is very important we keep in mind that we can fix a house and we can repair them and lose it, but life is something that can not be replaced, so that’s what we’ll continue to focus on,’ said Charest in a news conference on Saturday

Officials say 50 millimetres of rain are expected in the next 24 hours and the showers will continue, meaning 75 millimetres could fall by Sunday.” Read more.

 

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