Rain and record warm weather sent several Quebec rivers spilling over their banks on Monday, leading to cancelled classes, road closures and evacuations in some parts of the province.
Municipal officials in Drummondville, Que., partway between Montreal and Quebec City, asked residents in flood zones to evacuate because of the rising St-François river, which was moving about five times its average speed.
“Faced with the continued rise in the waters of the St-François river, the Drummondville municipal civil security organization is asking all citizens living in flood zones to evacuate immediately, if they have not already done so,” the municipality said on its Facebook page….