Military members deploy to Ontario areas hit by flooding

Military personnel have been sent to Ontario cottage country to help support the area as it struggles with ongoing flooding.

Graydon Smith, mayor of Bracebridge, Ont., says 30 more military members will join the 60 that arrived in the area on Sunday.

The soldiers have been helping people to evacuate badly flooded areas, as well as filling and delivering sandbags.

The Muskoka District has declared a state of emergency after water levels rose to historic highs in parts of cottage country. The towns of Bracebridge, Huntsville, and Muskoka Lakes Township have all declared local states of emergency of their own.

Environment Canada says some of the communities already hit with flood conditions may have to brace for more.

The agency says an additional 20 to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to fall on the region starting Wednesday.