{"id":616252,"date":"2026-04-20T09:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/616252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:46:13","slug":"water-levels-on-ottawa-river-expected-to-peak-as-spring-flood-concerns-grow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/616252\/","title":{"rendered":"Water levels on Ottawa River expected to peak as spring flood concerns grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776678373_438_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People help push a car out of floodwaters on Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau, Que., on Sunday, April 19, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Justin Tang<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 20, 2026 | 2:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>GATINEAU \u2014 Dozens of homes and streets are at risk of flooding as water levels on the Ottawa River are predicted to rise this morning by roughly 30 centimetres.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency officials in Gatineau, Que., have said 164 homes are at risk of flooding and 41 streets are closed as crews respond to the threat.<\/p>\n<p>The city is among several communities in Quebec and Ontario watching closely as renewed rain forecasts put pressure on flood-prone areas.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada also issued a storm surge warning for Quebec City, warning of higher than normal water levels along river banks at today\u2019s high tide for the St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People help push a car out of floodwaters on Rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau, Que., on Sunday, April 19,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-616252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}