The end of tropical storm Debby battered southern Quebec, leaving a mess in its wake. It dumped a record rainfall on Montreal — with an exceptional 173 millimetres on one town.
Days after the remnants of tropical storm Debby drenched much of Quebec, hard-hit municipalities are cleaning up. Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue was one of the areas that received the most rain. Environment Canada says it was hit with 173 millimetres. Global's Felicia Parrillo took a tour of the area.Kaspar Schattke was out at a restaurant Friday evening when he found fast-rising floodwaters upon his return home on the western tip of the Island of Montreal.
“The whole basement was entirely flooded,” Schattke said in an interview inside his house Monday, where he was ripping up the carpet on the lower level.Schattke has his work cut out for him in the coming days. He tried to salvage what he could, but the flooding surrounded his books and his child’s toys. Important documents were hung up to dry.Soaked carpets were in his hand as he continued to rip them up while he waited to hear back from his insurance company.
“We haven’t managed to reach the insurance yet in person. We did get to report the damage online,” Schattke said. Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s Paola Hawa is in the same boat after Debby’s deluge led to an overflow in her own basement. Even with two sump pumps, it wasn’t enough to keep the water out.The north end of the town, which Hawa says sits on clay, was particularly hard hit. Sadness and frustration have set in for many flood victims.
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