The man who went missing following the floods that occurred during the night from Friday to Saturday, in Chertsey, in Lanaudière, was found safe and sound.
Two vehicles were submerged following a subsidence of the roadway near the Gour Creek bridge, on Avenue du Castor, the Municipality reported on social networks.
The event occurred on Friday around 10:30 p.m. due to heavy rains. The vehicles were taken away and one person, a Montrealer, was missing. Divers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) were called to participate in the search.
“We are able to plan the reopening of Castor Avenue as soon as [dimanche] morning, if all goes as planned,” the Municipality said on its Facebook page.
Nearly fifty residences remain landlocked, it is added. “We ask citizens to be patient and not to go to the site so as not to harm the work of the various stakeholders. »
If necessary, citizens can contact the Municipality’s call center at 450 882-2920.
Start of flooding linked to spring floods
With the rain of recent days, authorities are closely monitoring the swelling of rivers, some of which threaten to burst their banks.
Quebec Public Security reported on Saturday morning a first “major flood” linked to the Rivière du Nord in Saint-Jérôme, in the Laurentians, which also caused a minor flood further north in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts.
There were also three “medium floods” in the Lanaudière region, because of the Ouareau River, in Rawdon, the Noire River, near Sainte-Émélie-de-l’Énergie, and the Mastigouche River, in Mandeville.
Six other floods, described as minor, were reported in the morning, notably in Joliette where the L’Assomption River overflowed and in the Laurentides regions (Diable River in Mont-Tremblant), in Bas-Saint-Laurent (Rivière des Trois Pistoles in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) and on the Capitale-Nationale side.
In the Quebec region, the Saint-Charles River burst its banks on Friday evening, forcing the closure of the Jacques-Bédard bridge.
Police officers from the Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ) were on site in this sector of La Haute-Saint-Charles, “in order to prohibit traffic and ensure the security of the premises,” indicated agent Pierre -Olivier Lévesque, spokesperson for the SPVQ.
The authorities said that a detour was possible via Chemin de la Grande Ligne, Rue Delage and Avenue du Lac-Saint-Charles.
With The Canadian Press