Torrential rains of a “historical intensity” that fell on Sunday on Greater Montreal were compared to the storm Debby From last year by the mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante.
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«The abundant rains of yesterday were of historical intensity, wrote the mayor of Montreal, in a publication X on Monday. We have received a large amount of water in a very short period of time. Unfortunately, it is compared to the storm Debby occurred last year. “
The violence of the precipitation has put on the test of municipal infrastructure, in particular the sewer network, unable to contain such a quantity of water in such a short time.
“This kind of event puts enormous pressure on our sewer network,” continued Valérie Plante. No network can also absorb so much rainwater so quickly, despite all the efforts that our administration is making to make our city more resilient to this kind of torrential rains. ”
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Several districts were hardly affected, particularly on the north bank which recorded up to 100 millimeters of rain in a few hours, where many streets were flooded and basements invaded by water.
The city calls on citizens assigned to manifest itself by composing 311.
Faced with the repetition of these extreme meteorological events, the Plant Administration claims to continue its efforts to adapt the city to climatic realities.
«These climatic events are increasingly frequent and that is why we invest massively in the adaptation of the territory to the torrential rains, underlined the mayor plant. We advance in the right direction, and quickly, but the zero risk does not exist and it is a new reality to which we must react. ”
The mayor concluded by saying that her team would remain mobilized to help the victims.