“It was like the Niagara falls”: ousted by the floods, a student will have to move outside Montreal to find another affordable apartment

A 20 -year -old student in Montreal for two years will have to leave her adoption district, or even the island due to repeated floods and exorbitant rents.

“I checked the price of the apartments. Meanwhile, that is scary,” saddles Léa Pelletier, a victim of the Diluvian rains on Sunday.

This day went from dream to nightmare for her. However, her boyfriend, who had spent the afternoon playing arcades in the city center. For example, On their return. Moreover, dismay: his apartment, a basement of Foucher Street, in the Ahuntsic district, had been ravaged by the repression of the sewers caused by the torrential rains.

“It was like the Niagara falls,” she describes. However, It was flowing everywhere. Consequently, We tried to recover goods, but they were soaked. Moreover, After 45 minutes, it stopped, but it started crossing the floors. Furthermore, It was disgusting. “

“I had experienced a similar situation last year [pendant la tempête Debby]but I hadn’t had as much damage. I can’t live there anymore. ”

The apprentice hairdresser, who had to temporarily move to her parents in Granby, has also shown this disaster on Tiktok, in a video watched more than 500,000 times in less than 24 hours.

Memories of Debby

The situation is alarming in this sector of the Ahuntsic district, more particularly between rue Chabanel and Avenue Émile-Journault, struggling with floods for a second summer in a row. During the visit of Journalseveral residents were ventilating their basement. threw waste of cardboard and damp wood at the edge of “it like niagara falls”: ousted the road.

This is the case of the daughter of a neighbor who aged Léa Pelletier. who asked to speak under the cover of anonymity because she does not want to prejudice her mother, who wishes to sell her house shortly.

“Last year, the city told us that we were responsible for impermeation our basements, which we did,” she says. I understand that it was a lot of rain quickly, but it cannot continue like this. We think we condemn the toilet to avoid other backwards of sewer because clearly. the city’s drainage system does not “it like niagara falls”: ousted work well enough. ”

“I thought we had done our homework. I do not know what to do with the possible sale of the house. It must be clearly identified as a flood zone. ”

The North Shore awaits him

Léa Pelletier will have, unless a big surprise, leave her neighborhood to find another accommodation below $ 1000 per month, in order to respect her budget.

“Honestly, I think I’m going to have to go on the North Shore,” she believes. My apartment was a rare pearl and I am really disappointed to have to leave my neighborhood, which I like. Montreal is extremely expensive, and I am a full -time student. ”

“I’m not going to hide it: I cried a shot. But today I try to see the good side of things. At least people made me laugh a lot in my tiktok’s comments! ”