Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Flood risk forces evacuation of Quebec town

CTV (Canada): At least one Quebec community was ordered evacuated on Tuesday as an unseasonable heat wave hitting Central Canada created flooding concerns in the southern part of the province. Residents of Vallee-Jonction in the Beauce region, southeast of Quebec City, were ordered by civil security authorities to leave their homes after a nearby river overflowed its banks because of melting snow and rain...

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