Quebec Premier François Legault will visit a town in the province’s Charlevoix region hit hard in recent days by spring flooding.
Legault is expected to arrive around 9 a.m. Wednesday, in Baie-Saint-Paul, about 95 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, where he will survey the damage and meet with residents.
Severe flooding this week washed away roads and cut off access to homes across the province, forcing a half-dozen communities to declare states of emergency, according to the Quebec Public Security Department.
More than 500 people in Baie-Saint-Paul had to leave their homes after the level of the Rivière du Gouffre, which runs through
