Hundreds Evacuated From Quebec’s Bell Falls as Water Levels Peak Behind Dam

About 250 people were evacuated from Bell Falls, Quebec, near the Chute-Bell Dam on the Rouge River on April 25 as a safety measure after the dam reached peak water level, provincial police said. Authorities said levels could increase by 30 percent in the following days and that evacuations were a necessary precaution, however they said they were confident that the dam would hold. “We are confident that the structure is solid,” a spokesperson for Hydro-Quebec told reporters. “But the protocols force us to warn people of the danger. We are entering into an unknown zone right now — completely unknown.” A number of areas in Canada were inundated with floods during April. Credit: Hydro-Québec via Storyful

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