Parts of Quebec under flood watch, Beauceville streets flooded

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 8:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Several Quebec communities are nether flood ticker Monday aft mild upwind and rainfall resulted successful overflowing rivers and precocious h2o levels. 

In Beauceville, the streets on the Chaudière River are flooded. 

Late Sunday evening, an crystal jam formed successful the municipality centre of the municipality, causing the stream to rapidly emergence and burst its banks.

The river's monitoring squad issued an alert astatine astir 7 a.m. informing radical affected by the flooding to evacuate their homes and businesses. An exigency structure has been opened astatine the section arena. 

Québec 511 besides called connected motorists to beryllium cautious erstwhile driving adjacent waterways arsenic their levels could origin immoderate streets to flood.

On Facebook, the City of Beauceville said it was constantly monitoring the situation.

In Sherbrooke, definite streets are closed to postulation and municipal services are mobilized arsenic the Saint-François River overflowed its banks successful the metropolis connected Sunday night.

In a statement, the City of Sherbrooke said the stream was nether "high surveillance" and encourages radical to sojourn its website to travel the concern arsenic it evolves. 

According to section services, the h2o level reached 5,80 metres on Sunday nighttime nether the Aylmer Bridge successful downtown Sherbrooke.

The pursuing postulation lanes were closed Monday morning in Sherbrooke: 

• The entree ramp starring to Galt Street West and Joffre Bridge on Grandes-Fourches Street South successful the metropolis centre. 
• Little Fork and Reed streets. 

Four other minor floods were reported Monday morning: the Bulstrode River successful Victoriaville, successful Centre-du-Québec; the Eaton River successful Cookshire-Eaton, in Estrie; the Nicolet River adjacent Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, successful Centre-du-Québec; and the Rigaud River, which has affected Saint-Eugène successful Ontario, adjacent the provincial border.

Nine different waterways are being monitored.

The province's information ministry says the highest of the floods volition beryllium observed connected Monday.