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Parts of Quebec are nether a terrible thunderstorm watch. As a result, Montreal closed galore of its facilities.
City of Montreal advises radical to cheque presumption of their activities and events
CBC News
· Posted: May 17, 2025 2:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued respective terrible thunderstorm watches for southwestern Quebec connected Saturday, including Montreal.
As a result, the metropolis has closed galore of its facilities and advises radical to verify whether their activities person been cancelled oregon not earlier heading to a municipal building.
The City of Montreal's website has galore tips for residents, including not utilizing camping heaters successful lawsuit there's a powerfulness outage, which mightiness pose a "high hazard of c monoxide poisoning."
The national bureau recommends that radical spell indoors erstwhile "thunder roars."
Eric Tomlinson, a meteorologist with ECCC, told Radio-Canada that tornado-risk zones are located eastbound of the Richelieu River, in the Eastern Townships.
"Today's atmospheric dynamics and stableness mean that thunderstorms could perchance nutrient a tornado," helium said.
With files from Radio-Canada
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