Environment Canada has issued severe thunderstorm watches for several regions in southern Quebec.
Conditions are conducive to the formation of severe thunderstorms that could produce strong gusts and large hail, according to Environment Canada, shortly before noon Thursday.
“Heavy rains could locally cause flash flooding and may affect structures, roads and buildings already weakened by the events of the past week,” the federal agency said.
The areas targeted by these notices extend from Saint-Jérôme in the Laurentians in the west to Saint-Georges in Beauce in the east, and from the border with the United States in the south to Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, in the Capitale-Nationale in the north.
Debby flooded 2,300 homes
Rainfall caused by tropical storm Debby Last week, rainfall reached 200 millimeters in 24 hours in some places.
The passage of Debby flooded some 2,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 464 people. Public infrastructure was also damaged.
As of Tuesday, no fewer than 700 people have claimed damage to their property since the storm.