The city says more than 120 millimetres of torrential rain fell, wreaking havoc on the roads and forcing the city to ask citizens to stay indoors except in case of emergency.
People in Chertsey, Quebec, are dealing with flooded homes and destroyed roads after heavy rain on Sunday. Gloria Henriquez reports from the community, which is having a less celebratory long weekend for Quebec's national holiday.Powerful reminders of Sunday’s rainstorm can be seen everywhere across Chertsey, Que., from crumbling roads to broken dams and people cleaning up.“Mother Nature is effecting revenge for what we’ve done to her,” Rochon said. “It’s payback.
The city says more than 120 millimetres of torrential rain fell in a matter of hours, wreaking havoc on the roads and forcing the city to ask citizens to stay indoors except in case of emergency.One of the area’s small dams gave in, forcing the closure of one of the main roads to contain it overnight.“We have 58 dams here in Chertsey; 15 are municipality and the others ones are private and last year we lost two big ones and that’s why we are very, very careful about that,” Joly said.
“Our crews were going near the dams and near the roads where they were broken to put signs to make sure people don’t pass away there,” Joly said.There is another system expected on Wednesday but the amount of rain in the forecast is not enough to create any concern — giving crews time to repair the damage caused over the weekend.“We will be on site if there are any specific needs,” Bonnardel said in a post on X on Monday morning.
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