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Flooding in the Outaouais: Wednesday in pictures

Reporters with CBC Ottawa and Radio-Canada spent Wednesday taking photos and getting the stories of people affected by swelling water levels in the region that have reached a 20-year high.

Residents of Gatineau and other parts of Outaouais deal with near-record water levels

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Reporters with CBC Ottawa and Radio-Canada have spent the day collecting images and stories from people affected by swelling water levels in the Outaouais that have reached a 20-year high.

Some Point Gatineau residents had to abandon their cars. (CBC Ottawa)
Roch Labelle leaves his flooded home with a crate full of puppies. (CBC/Jean Delisle)
This volunteer from Rockland helps fill sandbags for nearby residents trying to protect their homes from rising water levels. (CBC/Denis Babin)
Hydro Quebec workers cut power to evacuated homes in Pointe Gatineau. (CBC/Jean Delisle)
A Pointe Gatineau man wades through floodwaters carrying a sump pump to his home. (CBC/Jean Delisle)
The woman who lives in this basement apartment says it was completely dry 24 hours before this photo was taken. (CBC/Jean Delisle)