Heavy rainfall has caused flooding conditions in several rivers in Quebec

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ST-JÉRÔME – Quebec officials reported flooding in several rivers north of Montreal and in Quebec City after heavy rains hit parts of the province this week.

In St. Jerome, about 50 kilometers northwest of downtown Montreal, water flows of more than 260 cubic meters per second led the province's Department of Public Safety to classify the flooding in the Rivière du Nord as “major” on Saturday morning. Officials recorded a flow of only 64 cubic meters per second in the same river three days ago.

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The department noted “moderate” flooding in four other rivers and minor flooding at six other water level monitoring stations in the province, including one on the St. Charles River, west of downtown Quebec City.

Environment Canada meteorologist Felix Biron said most of the flooding reports were concentrated in Quebec's Laurentide and Lanaudière regions north of Montreal, which received 30 to 35 millimeters and 35 to 40 millimeters of rain, respectively, between Thursday and Saturday.

The rural municipality of Chertsey, 45km north of St Jerome, said in a Facebook post that heavy rain on Saturday washed out part of a local road, submerged two cars and cut off about 50 residents from the rest of the town.

Sûreté du Quebec spokeswoman Yves Brochu-Joubert said two passengers in one of the vehicles escaped unharmed. Authorities were initially unable to locate the driver of the second vehicle, but later located him safely.

Chertsey officials expect the damaged road to be repaired by Sunday morning.

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