Montreal installing dikes, pumps as flood risk rises – Montreal | Globalnews.ca

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal is bringing in dikes, pumps and sandbags as river levels and flood risks rise. Water levels on the Outaouais and des Prairies rivers may spill out of their banks in the coming days, the city says, especially with more rain in the forecast and soil […]

More than 200K Quebec homes without power after ice storm – Montreal | Globalnews.ca

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than 200,000 homes in Quebec are without power following Wednesday’s ice storm. Hydro-Quebec says on its website 209,795 households have been impacted as of Thursday morning. The severe weather brought heavy freezing rain by Wednesday after, leading to power outages in the Montreal area and other parts […]

Parts of Quebec bracing for potential ‘critical freezing rain’ midweek – Montreal | Globalnews.ca

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada is warning that several parts of Quebec may experience “critical freezing rain” later this week. The federal weather agency has issued a special weather statement for Greater Montreal, Montérégie, Outaouais, Laurentians, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Centre-du-Québec and the Quebec City region. It said the system, which […]