Residents living in parts of eastern Ontario and western Quebec stocked up on sandbags and continued with last-minute flooding preparations as rain continued to fall Friday throughout the region. Those concerns have spurred homeowners to descend upon the many sandbag stations set up in both Ottawa and Gatineau. In a French-langauage interview with Radio-Canada, Rossignol said people in the neighbourhood learned their lessons from the 2017 floods. High water levels are seen on the Ottawa River between the communities of Hawkesbury, Ont., and Lefaivre, Ont,. But we haven't seen flooding at the homes yet."

Source: CBC News April 19, 2019 18:00 UTC