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.

Flood car

Roch Labelle leaves his flooded home with a crateful of puppies.

Flood puppy

This volunteer from Rockland helps to fill sandbags for nearby residents trying to protect their homes from rising water levels.

Flooding volunteer

Hydro Quebec crew cutting power to evacuated homes in Pointe Gatineau.

Hydro crews

A Pointe Gatineau man wades through floodwaters carrying a sump pump to his home.

Pointe Gatineau flooding

Mary Paul says her basement apartment was completely dry 24 before this photo was taken.

Basement apartment flooded

Our <a href="https://twitter.com/JudyTrinhCBC">@JudyTrinhCBC</a> (in red) &amp; camera <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeanDelisle?src=hash">#JeanDelisle</a> hitch a boat ride to visit a homeowner surrounded by rising water <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gatineau?src=hash">#Gatineau</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/flood?src=hash">#flood</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottnews?src=hash">#ottnews</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZQZCj3xohY">pic.twitter.com/ZQZCj3xohY</a>

Flooding in the Outaouais: Wednesday in pictures

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