The state of emergency decreed in Saint-Jean-de-l’Île-d’Orléans after the heavy rains

Closed roads, roads and flooded residences: the municipality of Saint-Jean-de-l’îleans was particularly affected by Sunday precipitation. “The three -quarters” of the residential land located east of the Mitan road would have undergone damage and “a dozen” of residences would have been flooded, said the mayor, who decreed the state of emergency.

According to Environment Canada, the two strips of storm cells left 40 to 60 millimeters of rain in a few hours on Sunday.

The agricultural lands at the top of the CAP in Saint-Jean-de-l’île-d’Orléans, already sip of watertransformed the waterfall located behind the residence of Josée Perron into a torrent.

It’s not just the waterfall; [l’eau] spilled all over the course, also with [mon voisin]it was incrediblesays Ms. Perron.

For a second time since the beginning of the month, the rain caused the stream near his house, causing damage to his land, to the sanitary of his residence and several of his property.

Until now, I hadn’t let go of small tears, but yesterday I couldn’t. I was devastated. I said to myself: “What’s going on? What am I doing? It doesn’t make sense. ”

Josée Perron and the municipality have already challenged the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MTMD) for a few years so that the Ponceaux are extended to allow the water to better evacuate in this kind of conditions.

If nothing is done, we will call it again, 911. It is deluge over deluge and the insurances do not want to paylaments Mrs. Perron.

Find solutions

He wet so much yesterday, it was awful, it flowed like a fallsays the mayor of the municipality, Jean Lapointe.

The state of emergency allowed the municipality to unlock exceptional sums, in particular to request the help of two mechanical shovels in order to clean ditches. It also allows citizens to benefit from a provincial aid program.

The mayor says he is in discussion with the provincial authorities in order to request the enlargement of various sanders located on the territory of the municipality again.

Everyone collaborates then we will try to find solutions, because blows of water as we had yesterday, I think it will come more and more often.

He also believes that the inadequate development of certain agricultural land, more in height, could lead too much water in the streams.

Provincial deputy Kariane Bourassa was on site to inform residents of assistance measures. She also wanted to see the damage in order to transmit the comments of citizens to MTMD.

Can we work upstream rather than always undergo the cure of waters? So, for sure with the teams we look at thatsupports the deputy for the Coalition Avenir Québec.

With the collaboration of Camille Carpentier