People in Mud Lake are being air lifted out early Wednesday morning, as the community is under evacuation due to flooding from the Churchill River. Military helicopters were on the scene to transport people out of the community to nearby Happy Valley-Goose Bay. "The water levels are extremely high and we have to get out of here," she told CBC's Labrador Morning. Mud Lake evacuees waiting at the airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Water levels had been rising steadily all night, she said, and people had to leave for higher ground while their homes were flooding.

Source: CBC News May 17, 2017 08:48 UTC