Between 40 and 60 millimeters of rain fell from 5:20 p.m. Friday in the areas of Rosemont, Anjou, Saint-Léonard, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal-East, Longueuil and Boucherville, according to Environment Canada.
The deluge was accompanied by a severe thunderstorm warning for the metro area on Friday evening. Elsewhere, notably in Joliette and Mascouche, in Lanaudière, hail has been reported, according to Julie Deshaies, meteorologist for Environment Canada.
The rain began to fall in the metropolis at 5:20 p.m., reports the meteorologist. She fell at high intensity for about an hour. The shower continued for another hour, but more moderately, even weakly, according to Mme Deshaies.
In the middle of rush hour, accumulations of water on the roadway in several sectors of Montreal complicated the journey of motorists.
This was particularly the case on Highway 40, near boulevards Saint-Michel and Pie-IX, said Patrick Duplessis, meteorologist at Météomédia, on Twitter.
Mme Deshaies calculates that between 40 and 60 millimeters may have accumulated in eastern Montreal, relying on radar estimates.
Flooded again
Marc-Antoine Poisson had a nasty surprise when he arrived home around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. This resident of the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district, in Montreal, found a good inch of water in his bedroom, located in the basement of the apartment he rented on Montgomery Street.
Residents of this area – as elsewhere in Montreal – face repeated flooding during heavy rains, according to a report by The Press published last February.
The last flood dated back to the torrential rain of September 13th. That day, 40 millimeters of rain had fallen in one hour in downtown Montreal.
“I have a concrete wall, and I saw the water flowing through the holes in the wall,” says Mr. Poisson. The water also damaged several of his personal effects, he adds with a sigh. “I’m definitely not going to sleep here tonight. »