Ottawa-Gatineau flood victims share photos and videos of the disaster

Streets have become rivers, homes are lined with hundreds of sandbags, and people's lives have been turned upside down.

CBC Ottawa asked residents affected by the worst flooding in decades to share their photos and videos of the devastation in their neighbourhoods. Here is a look at the flooding from their perspective.

'Did anyone lose their boat?'

This was what Rick Tang Tongwoke up to Monday morning in Gatineau. A loose boat was drifting along what used to be Moreau Street, off Jacques Cartier Street.

Flooding hits Renfrew County

HeatherMavesMcKenchieshared photos of how the flooding has affectedHortonTownship, which is located approximately 75 kilometres west of Kanata, betweenRenfrewandArnprior.

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'Everybody left': Video shows deserted Gatineau street

FernandoForeroposted this remarkableFacebookLive video Sunday showing a swollen GatineauRiver that has flooded Jacques Cartier Street. The street appeared deserted as most people had packed up and fled their homes, Forero said.

Sandbags are under water

In Davidson, Quebec, Georgia Nadeau'sefforts to save herhome-to-be was futile against the severe flooding over the weekend.

She had sandbags outside her "dream home," but now those bags "are under water," she said Monday. The house is 75 per cent constructed.

Monday's aerial view of flooding in Ottawa-Gatineau

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Video taken from a helicopter tour over the National Capital Region on Monday, May 8.

• For full coverage of the flooding in Ottawa-Gatineau, click here.