Toronto, Montreal tackle towering snow piles after back-to-back storms [Video]

People in the eastern half of Canada are digging out after another monster storm dumped huge amounts of snow for the second time in recent days, with parts of Quebec walloped the hardest.

Montreal and Laval reported about 40 centimetres of snow had dropped as of 1 a.m. ET Monday, with 35 centimetres accumulating in the Eastern Townships.

In Montreal, snow is expected to continue into Monday. Environment Canada has issued a blizzard warning for much of southern and central Quebec along the St. Lawrence as well as the Gaspé Peninsula.

Montreal’s city spokesperson, Philippe Sabourin, said Monday that over the past five …