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As the rain finally began in earnest Friday, officials agreed that low-lying areas must now brace for the biggest hit yet: A weekend rise in the Ottawa River of as much as 35 centimetres — well over a foot.
Gatineau, the hardest-hit city in the capital region, has had more than 240 residents leave their homes, put out 152,000 sandbags, and has entire blocks where the flat brown floodwater is lapping against house walls. The trouble stretches from Lac Leamy east to Masson.
Cumberland and Clarence-Rockland have waters rising around waterfront homes.
Constance Bay is threatened as well, and Pontiac, on the Quebec side, has asked people near the river’s edge to move out for now.
An estimated 50 mm of rain is expected to fall through the day Friday, with another 10 mm or so Saturday and more showers Sunday and Monday.
Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais was going door-to-door Friday to see residents of low-lying areas on and near Leo Lane and Boisé Lane, which now face flooding.
The river has now come to the top of a concrete retaining wall there, which makes it nearly three metres above normal, he said.
“It’s a six-foot wall and there’s normally about three feet of land below that, so the water is about nine feet higher than it normally would be. It’s absolutely wild out here.”
Water rescue team with @OttFire in @CumberlandON checking on folks – thanks for their service #ottcity pic.twitter.com/qzLRLXHsId
— Stephen Blais (@StephenBlais) May 5, 2017
Most Cumberland residents are staying put, he said, but after sandbagging once already when the water rose in April, some are exhausted and have had enough.
Residents “are anxious to be sure. They are exceedingly resilient though. They have brought in extra pumps, they have rented or borrowed generators, they have something called an Argo which is an all-terrain vehicle that can also float.”
The Rideau River is likely to flood in pockets, though it isn’t a threat on as serious a level as the Ottawa.
Mayor Jim Watson plans to tour flooded areas in Ottawa Friday afternoon as the region hunkers down for an expected fall of up to 60 mm of rain by Sunday.
While the initial notice did not specify where the mayor would go, the hardest hit neighbourhoods have been the Cumberland-Rockland area in the east and and Constance Bay in the west.
In a radio interview Friday morning, the mayor said the city does not have the problems being experienced in Gatineau, but officials are working to try to keep the situation under control.
“We’re working to mitigate any issues in Cumberland,” the mayor said, noting that municipal investments in flood pond upgrades in Britannia and Kanata appear to be working well and preventing problems in those areas.
Constance Bay began to experience heavy flooding Thursday evening and the local legion has opened an emergency shelter for as long as is necessary. The community centre will also be open for showers, bathrooms and water, Coun. Eli El-Chantiry advises.
Constance Bay Legion opens at 10:30am today offering shelter/food to those displaced by flood. Will remain open as long as needed. #Ward5Ott
— Eli El-Chantiry (@Eli_ElChantiry) May 5, 2017
In the east end, a number of homes have been cleared along Bilberry Creek in Orléans as heavy rains have led to unstable ground and fears of a landslide.
Meanwhile, in Gatineau civic officials said water levels remain critical in several areas, particularly around low-lying Pointe Gatineau, the St. Louis neighbourhood and Hurtubise Boulevard.
By Friday, more than 240 people have voluntarily left their homes because of flooding, and the City of Gatineau confirmed that 146 homes have been evacuated.
Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said he is still reluctant to call an official state of emergency because he doesn’t want to force people from their homes. If the situation worsens, that remains a possibility.
Quebec, in cooperation with the Red Cross, is making assistance available. The Red Cross has about three dozen hotel rooms available for evacuees and is negotiating with more hotels and motels in the area.
Ontario’s emergency management system is on high alert monitoring weather information and the risk of further flooding across the province, the ministers of municipal affairs and community safety said in a statement Thursday.
“As communities across the province prepare for heavy rainfall and potential flooding over the next 24 hours, with some reports of flooding having started already, our government is working hard to prepare for any situation, and standing by ready to help.”
Even Environment Canada was giving out safety advice: “Avoid driving through water on roads,” it said. “Even shallow, fast-moving water across a road can sweep a vehicle or a person away. Don’t approach washouts near rivers, creeks and culverts. Keep children and pets away from creeks and river banks. Consider moving valuable items to higher levels.”
Already an entire neighbourhood on the east side of the Gatineau River around St. Louis Street, between Parc La Baie and Highway 50, is covered in brown water with houses popping up like little islands. All the streets are closed to traffic. People can stay home if they want, but they need a boat to go anywhere and many have no heat because the gas is shut off.
On Thursday, water was gushing down the Ottawa River at a rate of 7,500 cubic metres per second. That’s equal to pouring out a tank 100 metres long, 75 wide, and one metre deep, every second.
Photos: Spring flooding in the Ottawa-Gatineau area
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority says that “the rain is forecast to taper off on Sunday so a peak can be expected late on Sunday or on Monday.”
The authority began releasing water from Big Rideau Lake Friday, increasing flows downstream.
“Dams downstream will all be opened as much as possible to pass through the maximum flows. However, some flooding can be expected starting on the Long Reach between Manotick and Kemptville, in particular Hilly Lane, where access roads are expected to be submerged,” it said.
“Windsor and Brantwood Parks in Ottawa South and East that were under water previously in April are expected to be flooded again.”
In Clarence-Rockland, Mayor Guy Desjardins declared a state of emergency on Thursday and the city began evacuating communities affected by flooding.
Councillor Mario Zanth said a local arena was being used to house dozens of families forced to leave their homes. Floodwaters are the highest in 20 years, said Zanth.
Check out this drone-captured video of some of the flooding in Rockland.
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Gatineau, the hardest-hit city in the capital region, has had more than 240 residents leave their homes, put out 152,000 sandbags, and has entire blocks where the flat brown floodwater is lapping against house walls. The trouble stretches from Lac Leamy east to Masson.
Cumberland and Clarence-Rockland have waters rising around waterfront homes.
Constance Bay is threatened as well, and Pontiac, on the Quebec side, has asked people near the river’s edge to move out for now.
An estimated 50 mm of rain is expected to fall through the day Friday, with another 10 mm or so Saturday and more showers Sunday and Monday.
Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais was going door-to-door Friday to see residents of low-lying areas on and near Leo Lane and Boisé Lane, which now face flooding.
The river has now come to the top of a concrete retaining wall there, which makes it nearly three metres above normal, he said.
“It’s a six-foot wall and there’s normally about three feet of land below that, so the water is about nine feet higher than it normally would be. It’s absolutely wild out here.”
Water rescue team with @OttFire in @CumberlandON checking on folks – thanks for their service #ottcity pic.twitter.com/qzLRLXHsId
— Stephen Blais (@StephenBlais) May 5, 2017
Most Cumberland residents are staying put, he said, but after sandbagging once already when the water rose in April, some are exhausted and have had enough.
Residents “are anxious to be sure. They are exceedingly resilient though. They have brought in extra pumps, they have rented or borrowed generators, they have something called an Argo which is an all-terrain vehicle that can also float.”
The Rideau River is likely to flood in pockets, though it isn’t a threat on as serious a level as the Ottawa.
Mayor Jim Watson plans to tour flooded areas in Ottawa Friday afternoon as the region hunkers down for an expected fall of up to 60 mm of rain by Sunday.
While the initial notice did not specify where the mayor would go, the hardest hit neighbourhoods have been the Cumberland-Rockland area in the east and and Constance Bay in the west.
In a radio interview Friday morning, the mayor said the city does not have the problems being experienced in Gatineau, but officials are working to try to keep the situation under control.
“We’re working to mitigate any issues in Cumberland,” the mayor said, noting that municipal investments in flood pond upgrades in Britannia and Kanata appear to be working well and preventing problems in those areas.
Constance Bay began to experience heavy flooding Thursday evening and the local legion has opened an emergency shelter for as long as is necessary. The community centre will also be open for showers, bathrooms and water, Coun. Eli El-Chantiry advises.
Constance Bay Legion opens at 10:30am today offering shelter/food to those displaced by flood. Will remain open as long as needed. #Ward5Ott
— Eli El-Chantiry (@Eli_ElChantiry) May 5, 2017
In the east end, a number of homes have been cleared along Bilberry Creek in Orléans as heavy rains have led to unstable ground and fears of a landslide.
Meanwhile, in Gatineau civic officials said water levels remain critical in several areas, particularly around low-lying Pointe Gatineau, the St. Louis neighbourhood and Hurtubise Boulevard.
By Friday, more than 240 people have voluntarily left their homes because of flooding, and the City of Gatineau confirmed that 146 homes have been evacuated.
Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said he is still reluctant to call an official state of emergency because he doesn’t want to force people from their homes. If the situation worsens, that remains a possibility.
Quebec, in cooperation with the Red Cross, is making assistance available. The Red Cross has about three dozen hotel rooms available for evacuees and is negotiating with more hotels and motels in the area.
Ontario’s emergency management system is on high alert monitoring weather information and the risk of further flooding across the province, the ministers of municipal affairs and community safety said in a statement Thursday.
“As communities across the province prepare for heavy rainfall and potential flooding over the next 24 hours, with some reports of flooding having started already, our government is working hard to prepare for any situation, and standing by ready to help.”
Even Environment Canada was giving out safety advice: “Avoid driving through water on roads,” it said. “Even shallow, fast-moving water across a road can sweep a vehicle or a person away. Don’t approach washouts near rivers, creeks and culverts. Keep children and pets away from creeks and river banks. Consider moving valuable items to higher levels.”
Already an entire neighbourhood on the east side of the Gatineau River around St. Louis Street, between Parc La Baie and Highway 50, is covered in brown water with houses popping up like little islands. All the streets are closed to traffic. People can stay home if they want, but they need a boat to go anywhere and many have no heat because the gas is shut off.
On Thursday, water was gushing down the Ottawa River at a rate of 7,500 cubic metres per second. That’s equal to pouring out a tank 100 metres long, 75 wide, and one metre deep, every second.
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Chris Blenkiron has been hauling sandbags for three days to protect his house on Leo Lane in Cumberland. He takes a break when the bags run out. Blair Crawford/Postmedia
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A man uses a boat to get down Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
May 04- 2017. Dozens of volunteers fill and carry sandbags in the fight to save homes along Voisine Road in Rockland. Blair Crawford/Postmedia
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Two friends take a break as they sit on their front steps on Rue Jacques-Cartier Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A woman and her dog examine the flooding on Rue Jacques-Cartier Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Hydro workers use a boat to get down Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Neighbours examine the flooding on Rue Jacques-Cartier Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A man uses a boat to get down Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A man works on his boat in his backyard Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Courtney Roberts (L) and Bryson Patterson-Blasse help to place sandbags to protect a family friends house from flooding in Britannia Village in Ottawa. May 3,2017. Errol McGihon/Postmedia
Properties beyond the 100 year flood berm are flooding in Britannia Village in Ottawa. May 3,2017. Errol McGihon/Postmedia
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis area in Gatineau Thursday May 4, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A couple use a boat to get down Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Thursday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Courtney Roberts (R) and Bryson Patterson-Blasse help to place sandbags to protect a family friends house from flooding in Britannia Village in Ottawa. May 3,2017. Errol McGihon/Postmedia
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. A man fills his boat with sand bags Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Home owners float down Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau with a boat Wednesday looking for people who need help. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers and neighbours helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Rene Puccini (back) takes his pet bird to safety by boat Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Emergency crews help an elderly lady on Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Imad Barhouch pushes his neighbours back to their homes after they moved their cars to higher land Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Two women take their dog out for a walk Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Home owners float down Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau with a boat Wednesday looking for people who need help. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Heavy rains continued to flood Rue René in Gatineau Monday May 1, 2017. Members of the community continue to stack sand bags around their property. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers and neighbours helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Gatineau emergency workers and neighbours helped the people of Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau Wednesday May 3, 2017. More rain has caused water to rise and flooded more people out of their homes. Rene Puccini (right) takes his pet bird to safety by boat Wednesday. Tony Caldwell/Postmedia Network
Randy Tivy and Beverly Reid look out towards the Ottawa River from a 100 year flood berm that was constructed to protect property along Kehoe Street in Britannia Village. May 3,2017 Errol McGihon/Postmedia
A kite-surfer rides the waves on Britannia Bay beside a flooded Britannia Park in Ottawa. May 3,2017. Errol McGihon/Postmedia
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority says that “the rain is forecast to taper off on Sunday so a peak can be expected late on Sunday or on Monday.”
The authority began releasing water from Big Rideau Lake Friday, increasing flows downstream.
“Dams downstream will all be opened as much as possible to pass through the maximum flows. However, some flooding can be expected starting on the Long Reach between Manotick and Kemptville, in particular Hilly Lane, where access roads are expected to be submerged,” it said.
“Windsor and Brantwood Parks in Ottawa South and East that were under water previously in April are expected to be flooded again.”
In Clarence-Rockland, Mayor Guy Desjardins declared a state of emergency on Thursday and the city began evacuating communities affected by flooding.
Councillor Mario Zanth said a local arena was being used to house dozens of families forced to leave their homes. Floodwaters are the highest in 20 years, said Zanth.
Check out this drone-captured video of some of the flooding in Rockland.
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