1 dead, hundreds of homes evacuated as floods swamp eastern Canada

One woman has died and hundreds have been forced from their homes after spring flooding washed out parts of Quebec and eastern Canada, prompting the deployment of Canadian Armed Forced soldiers to provide assistance as waters continue to rise. A 72-year-old woman died Saturday morning after driving her car into a massive sinkhole caused by flooding in Pontiac, Que., police said. Other drivers parked nearby tried to warn the woman, identified as Louise Seguin Lortie, but she couldn’t stop i