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Floodwaters peaked on the weekend and began to recede along some areas of the swollen Ottawa River while sandbagging and cleanup efforts continued Sunday in…
"It's an incredible impact on our residents that live along the river and terrible that they've had to do this three times in the past six years."
There’s something else absent now, though, at least regarding the response to the currently rising Ottawa River levels: the flood of volunteers. They just aren’t there in the numbers they once were.
Residents near Boisé and Leo lanes in Ottawa's east end are busy filling sandbags and operating sump pumps for the third time in seven years.
Water levels on the Ottawa River are expected to rise up to 35 cm more this week in the national capital region following extensive rainfall over the weekend.