Rainfall warning in effect for central, western Quebec

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Environment Canada is informing of dense rainfall for overmuch of occidental and cardinal Quebec starting Friday evening done Saturday. Montreal is not covered by the warning, but rainfall is successful the forecast.

Rainfall amounts betwixt 25 to 45mm expected, with imaginable localized flooding

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· Posted: Apr 25, 2025 11:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Cars thrust  done  h2o  connected  a thoroughfare  during rainfall

Environment Canada has issued a rainfall informing for cardinal and occidental Quebec starting connected Friday evening and continuing connected Saturday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

It volition beryllium a rainy commencement to the play for overmuch of Quebec, with Environment Canada issuing a rainfall informing for the cardinal and occidental regions of the province. 

Rain is expected to statesman Friday evening and proceed passim Saturday.

The bureau said rainfall amounts of 24 to 45 millimetres are expected, with immoderate areas perchance seeing up to 50 millimetres of precipitation. 

The rainfall volition pb to accrued snowmelt in areas wherever snowfall is inactive present, and imaginable flooding successful low-lying areas. 

Environment Canada is informing of imaginable washouts adjacent waterways arsenic immoderate streams and rivers could spot important increases successful h2o levels and flow.

Montreal and areas southbound of the St. Lawrence River, conscionable past Trois-Rivières, Que., were not covered by the warning, but rainfall is successful the forecast.

Written by Annabelle Olivier

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