Specialized aerial and ground rescue teams are looking for the two first responders, who went missing Monday afternoon.
BAIE-SAINT-PAUL, Que. - The search continued Tuesday for two Quebec firefighters swept away in floodwaters northeast of Quebec City, as heavy rains washed out roads and cut off homes in several regions across the province.
Public Security Minister François Bonnardel travelled to Baie-St-Paul, Que., a city under a state of emergency just south of St-Urbain, where he told reporters the worst had likely passed but the situation would remain complicated for the coming days. Baie-St-Paul Mayor Michaël Pilote told reporters Tuesday that about 600 people had been evacuated because of the flooding, adding that some might be able to return once a bridge linking the east and west parts of the city is reopened. Later in the day, officials confirmed that traffic had resumed on the bridge.
“And then the water started rising, and that amazement we had from Mother Nature turned to terror pretty quick because that rushing water is like nothing else ... the rumbling sound of so much water, it’s terrifying.” “It’s unheard of,” Paradis added about the speed the water rose. “Even the mayor said he had never seen something like that, that people who have lived in that area for more than 50 years and it has never happened.”
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