Heavy rainfall triggers flood conditions on several Quebec rivers – Montreal [Video]

Quebec officials have reported flooding on a handful rivers north of Montreal and in Quebec City after heavy downpours fell on parts of the province this week.

In St-Jérôme, Que., roughly 50 kilometres northwest of downtown Montreal, water flow above 260 cubic metres per second led the province’s Public Security Department to categorize flooding on the Rivière du Nord as “major” on Saturday morning. Officials recorded a flow of around just 64 cubic metres per second on the same river three days earlier.

The department noted “medium” flooding on another four rivers and minor flooding around six other water level monitor stations in the province, including one in the St-Charles River west of downtown Quebec City.

But most reports of flooding were concentrated in Quebec’s Laurentides and Lanaudière regions …