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Canadian armed forces help out with sandbags against the flooding in Constance Bay, west of in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 28, 2019. - More than 5,000 people were told to quickly leave their homes near Montreal late Saturday and early Sunday after floodwaters breached a dike in rain-soaked eastern Canada. According to the latest government data, nearly 8,000 people have been forced by rising waters from their homes in Quebec, and about 6,000 homes have been flooded -- topping the 2017 toll during what was then the area's worst flooding in a half-century. ast week, both Montreal and the capital Ottawa declared states of emergency. In Fredericton, New Brunswick, crews have been busy hauling away driftwood and debris as waters start to recede. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo credit should read LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)