PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, THE PRESS
In April, black ice hit Montreal and southern Quebec, damaging thousands of trees and depriving more than a million homes of electricity. Laurier Park, in Montreal, was not spared.
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, THE PRESS
Children play in a park in the Sainte-Famille sector, in Sept-Îles, threatened with evacuation due to forest fires at the beginning of June.
PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, THE PRESS
Wildfires have had impacts far beyond the burned areas. The smoke was felt in several cities much further south, including Montreal, Toronto and even New York. The view from the Mount Royal lookout was particularly gloomy at the end of June.
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
This bus rushes into the viaduct of Avenue De Lorimier under Promenade Masson, in Montreal, completely flooded following torrential rains at the end of August.
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESS
A historic flood, caused by melting snow and heavy rains, devastated Baie-Saint-Paul at the beginning of May, causing significant damage throughout the region, washing away two major roads and isolating hundreds of people.
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, THE PRESS
A few months after a major fire, life slowly returned to life in October, on the territory operated by the Boisaco cooperative on the North Shore.
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, THE PRESS
Around 40 homes in the Cree community of Sturgeon Lake, Alberta, were destroyed by a forest fire in May.
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
Spring floods caused the Rivière du Nord to overflow in the Laurentians, forcing Saint-Colomban firefighters to use an inflatable boat to visit disaster victims in April.
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
At the beginning of May, the Lanaudière region – and more particularly Sainte-Émélie-de-l’Énergie – was affected by rising water levels. A landslide on the banks of the Black River threatened to carry away this house.