Overview
- Montreal, which activated its Special Flood Response Plan Friday morning, moved to its highest alert and opened round-the-clock coordination.
- Environment and Climate Change Canada warned of 15 to 25 millimetres of rain on Sunday, which could push already high rivers over their banks.
- Quebec’s monitoring site at 1 p.m. ET Friday showed a medium flood on the Ouareau River, about 20 minor floods and many locations under watch.
- City crews are installing pumps, sandbags, modular dikes and inflatable barriers in at-risk areas of the West Island and the city’s north end.
- Saint-Jérôme closed the Viau bridge and distributed more than 2,300 sandbags, and officials reported small evacuations in Mont-Tremblant and Rawdon.