Rain closes some roads
Part of the Decarie trench has been closed because of the rain and there are some reports that Jean‑Talon metro station has had water infiltration. Road photos from TVA.
Part of the Decarie trench has been closed because of the rain and there are some reports that Jean‑Talon metro station has had water infiltration. Road photos from TVA.
Ian 17:12 on 2024-07-10 Permalink
Yikes! Given how many time the Decarie has flooded over the years I’m amazed it’s never been figured out how to prevent it. I’m still relieved the rain has broken the heat, though.
H. John 18:16 on 2024-07-10 Permalink
A large section of NDG and Westmount (between Sherbrooke and de Maisonneuve) had its power turned off, for close to two hours, according to Hydro Quebec for “Protection of public safety”, with CBC saying:
“More than 9,000 Hydro-Québec customers in the Montreal and Montérégie regions were without power as of 4:30 p.m.
A spokesperson for the public utility says it voluntarily interrupted service for those customers at the request of provincial security officials due to the heavy rain, stressing that the outages are not due to equipment failure.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/highway-flooding-1.7259760
Ian 18:49 on 2024-07-10 Permalink
OK, I like foresight…. but why, then? Were they worried about flooding somehow?
H. John 19:07 on 2024-07-10 Permalink
@Ian Really not sure, but the outage map stretched out on either side of Decarie.