The eastern Ontario city of Belleville has sent out a call for additional volunteers to help fill sandbags and prepare for an anticipated rise in flood waters over the next several days.
According to city officials, fifty homes have already been hit, and as many as 200 could be affected, by the time flood waters crest. Authorities declared a state of emergency on Saturday.
Firefighters and volunteers have been sandbagging residences since early Saturday in the city, 175 kilometres east of Toronto, amid severe flooding along the Moira River. The river, swollen by snow melt, burst its banks earlier this week and has been rising 15 cm per day.
"We had a crazy winter so we expected some kind of flooding, but not like this. It's frightening," said resident Lisa Long as volunteers piled sandbags around her home.
Flood warnings are also in effect for the area's Salmon, Napanee and Trent Rivers.
Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis told CBC News the city is looking for volunteers — anyone with "rubber boots and strong arms" — to help with sandbagging. Volunteers must be at least 14 years old.
Similar to 2008
The water levels are nearing those of the flood that hit Belleville in 2008 — said at the time to be the sort that occurs only once every 10 years.
Ellis, who was also mayor at the time, said the city learned much from 2008, though the latest flood is posing its own challenges.
"The whole community has been out [volunteering] but everyone's getting tired," he said.
The city's fire chief on Friday warned residents not to be lulled into a "false sense of security" by the pleasant weather.
"Our message to residents is we really need to be prepared — it is coming," Mark MacDonald said in a statement.
Ottawa, southern Quebec brace for flooding
Meanwhile Ottawa, Gatineau and areas of eastern Ontario are bracing for increased flooding as Environment Canada predicts between 20 and 40 millimetres of rain from Southern Lake Huron to the Ottawa and Prescott regions starting by Tuesday morning.
But the organization admits the total amount of precipitation expected to hit the region is unclear.
In southern Quebec, rains threaten to raise river water levels and the risk of floods even higher.
Up to 45 millimetres of rain could fall in some regions Sunday.
Rain is expected to continue through Tuesday, according to Environment Canada.
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