According to Environment Canada, as of 5:20 p.m. Friday, between 40 and 60 millimeters of rain fell in the Rosemont, Anjou, Saint-Léonard, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal-East, Longueuil and Boucherville areas.
Posted at 8:52pm.
The flooding was accompanied by a severe thunderstorm warning for the metropolitan area on Friday evening. Elsewhere, particularly in Joliette and Mascouche in Lanaudière, hail was reported, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Julie Deshaies.
At 5:20 p.m. it began to rain in the metropolis, reports the meteorologist. She fell at high intensity for about an hour. According to Ms. Deshaies, the downpour continued for another hour, albeit more moderately, even lighter.
In the middle of the rush hour, water accumulation on the roadway in several sectors of Montreal made driving difficult for motorists.
This is particularly the case on Highway 40 near Saint-Michel and Pie-IX boulevards, Patrick Duplessis, meteorologist at Météomédia, said on Twitter.
Ms Deshaies calculates that between 40 and 60 millimeters could have accumulated in east Montreal, based on radar estimates.
Flooded again
Marc-Antoine Poisson got a nasty surprise when he got home at around 18:30 on Friday. This resident of the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve area of Montreal found a good inch of water in his bedroom in the basement of the apartment he rented on Montgomery Street.
According to a report published by La Presse last February, residents in this area — as elsewhere in Montreal — face frequent flooding during heavy rains.
The most recent flooding was due to the torrential rain of September 13th. That day, 40 millimeters of rain fell in downtown Montreal within an hour.
“I have a concrete wall and I saw the water flow through the holes in the wall,” says Mr. Poisson. The water also damaged some of his personal belongings, he adds with a sigh. “I’m definitely not going to sleep here tonight. »