Most Quebecers get power back after strong storm rips through many parts of province

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Montreal

There is simply a quiescent aft the storm, and lone 4,600 clients were without powerfulness successful Quebec Monday morning, according to Hydro-Quebéc's outage map, down from the 100,000 people connected Sunday afternoon. Many parts of the state received astir a month's worthy of rainfall successful the span of a fewer hours.

Parts of the state received astir a month's worthy of rainfall successful the span of a fewer hours

Water fills an underpass, leaving lone the apical of a thoroughfare motion and the precise apical of a conveyance visible.

The bulk of Quebec residents had their power backmost Monday morning after a beardown tempest swept crossed the state Sunday, knocking down powerfulness lines and flooding large intersections and buildings.

Slightly more than 4,600 clients were without powerfulness crossed the state connected Monday morning, according to Hydro-Quebéc's outage map. This is down from the 100,000 people connected Sunday afternoon.

Two vehicles connected a metropolis thoroughfare are disposable nether a ample fallen tree.

According to Environment Canada, the greater Montreal area received astir the aforesaid magnitude of rainfall wrong a fewer hours that it usually receives during the full period of July. Montreal, Laval, the Laurentians and Lanaudière saw anyplace betwixt 70 and 80 millimetres successful the span of 3 hours. The aforesaid regions typically spot 90 millimetres for the full period of July.

Most roads open

Traffic for astir parts of the greater Montreal region was mostly backmost to its regular travel Monday greeting aft galore roads and intersections were flooded connected Sunday. Some lanes whitethorn stay on these routes.

There is simply a implicit closure astatine the Grandes-Prairies Boulevard and Lacordaire Salaberry crossing successful Saint-Léonard.

Water sits halfway up the windows of a conveyance stuck nether a flooded underpass.

The abrupt rainfall caused respective floods connected large highways including the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge toward Laval and Highway 40 adjacent Dorval.

An 82-year-old man had to beryllium rescued by 2 Montreal constabulary officers and a metropolis idiosyncratic aft getting stuck nether a viaduct connected de Salaberry successful Cartierville.

Cleanup nether way

City of Montreal spokesperson Philippe Sabourin said the city's water gauge measured rainfall falling astatine a precocious of 155 millimeters an hour.

He besides said Montreal received arsenic galore calls from citizens yesterday arsenic it did during the aftermath of Debby — a tempest that caused historical harm connected the island.

The metropolis is asking people to study areas that person not drained yet to 311.

Sabourin said the cleanup volition absorption connected the centre and bluish parts of the land of Montreal that were hardest hit: Saint-Laurent, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Saint-Leonard and Villeray-Saint-Michel Rosemont.

He is asking the public to debar playing sports successful the St. Lawrence River and the Rivière-des-Prairies for the adjacent 2 days.

Other regions besides impacted

In Quebec City, organizers of the Festival d'été de Québec had to reorganize and cancel immoderate of their shows owed to the downpour.

One municipality connected Île d'Orléans declared a authorities of exigency and closed the main roadworthy connected relationship of the storm.

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With files from Radio-Canada

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