Quebec flood victims still waiting for help

About 60 people affected by last spring's flooding in the Richelieu Valley held a meeting Tuesday to discuss their concerns and frustrations about delays in rebuilding.

Many of the residents are still out of their homes, living in hotels or trailers as they wait for financial help from the provincial government.

The residents talked emotionally about the stress they've faced since the Richelieu River burst its banks last spring in the worst flooding the region has seen in more than a century.

The residents are calling on Quebec's civil security service to speed up the process of delivering promised help.

The mayor of Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, one of the worst-hit communities, said the citizens have been waiting for help for too long.

"I know how hard it is for them to live in the situation they are living in right now," said Gérard Dutil. "They need help."

More than 500 homes in his community flooded, he said, and some still need major repairs.

"I don't know what the people are going to do," Dutil said. "And I don't know what kind of plan [civil security] has for them."