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Fighting off floodwaters

, May 9, 2017

An armoured vehicle of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is deployed to bring sandbags to protect the library and the city hall by floodwaters in Oka, Quebec, Canada on May 8. According to reports, floodwaters, resulting from heavy rains in the previous days, created more than 1,500 evacuees and affected some 2,500 homes and 427 roads, prompting the states of emergency across the province. Some 1,650 soldiers have been deployed to help flood-hit communities. Four persons were reportedly missing in the floods, two in Quebec and two in British Columbia, media added.  EPA/Valerie Blum
 




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