A local state of emergency was declared Wednesday in the small community of Yamachiche on Lac Saint-Pierre, roughly 25 kilometres west of Trois-Rivières.
It is the latest municipality in a growing list, to declare a state of emergency due to historic floods across the province.
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Mayor Michel Isabelle, said the state of emergency would remain in place for five days, before being re-evaluated.
The order affects Louis-Gatineau and Tranchée des Sables roads.
A state of emergency allows a municipality to enact orders and allocate resources as it sees fit.
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On Tuesday, Global News visited the town of 2,792.
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Army personnel were on hand to help residents by delivering sandbags to strengthen temporary dikes.
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Unlike most towns though, it wasn’t the rising waters that had residents on edge but rather the destructive potential of the waves.
“The worst is the waves,” said 22-year-old Yamachiche resident Denis Villemure. “If we didn’t have the waves, we’d be OK.”
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