Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, a town north of Quebec City, has ordered residents to leave their homes on Christmas Day due to imminent flooding from a nearby river. Saint-Brigitte-de-Laval Mayor Carl Thomassin said water levels for the Montmorency River, which flows through the town, could be record-breaking. "The river water levels are very, very high, and they're going to keep rising," he said. ET on Friday, river water levels were at 300 cubic metres per second. Proulx said the river could reach over 750 cubic metres per second in the next hours, surpassing its 617 cubic metres per second record.

Source: CBC News December 25, 2020 19:22 UTC