Thousands of people in Montreal were without power, and some basements were under water after heavy rain hit the region, causing flooding and power outages.
According to Environment Canada, parts of Montreal’s West Island and South Shore received between 100 and 150 millimeters of rain in just a few hours on Saturday.
“The situation is very serious,” said Dimitrios Jim Beis, mayor of Pierrefonds-Roxboro in Montreal.
He said his community saw higher numbers than Environment Canada’s report, which estimated 150 to 170 mm fell in about two hours. The mayor added “several hundred” homes were badly flooded, and roads were closed in Pierrefonds and Dollard-Des Ormeaux.
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Communities in Pointe-Claire and Dorval were also impacted to some extent, he said, according to his colleagues in the area.
Hydro-Quebec said as of Sunday morning, about 4,500 addresses were still affected by the service disruption.
The municipality of Saint-Constant, southwest of Montreal, had to declare a local state of emergency. The mayor lifted the state of emergency around 10:40 p.m., but a statement said residents continued to provide support.
Montreal Fire Department Division Chief Martin Guilbeault said Sunday that his department received about 800 calls since about 3 p.m. Saturday in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Dollard-des-Ormeaux areas with 300 homes flooded.
“The fire department’s main goal right now is to make sure everyone is safe and there are no electrical issues,” Guilbeault said.
Basements will not be pumped by firefighters, Guilbeault said, unless it is necessary to reach electrical panels to turn off power in flooded homes.
On Sunday afternoon, Guilbeault added about 3,000 more people would have power, which would likely reduce the number of those without power to about 1,000.
Some evacuations were carried out, he said, with around 15 people in cars needing to be rescued by boat. No one in the home required fire department assistance to evacuate.
Officials said Quebec Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière promised to work to get residents the help they need.
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