Tropical storm causes flooded streets and basements in Montreal [Video]

Amid the sound of steady, heavy rainfall in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough on Friday, there were also the sounds of generators and pumps filling the streets as residents and businesses tried to keep the floodwaters from building up.

Huge swaths of southern Quebec were drenched under torrential downpours throughout the day as remnants of Tropical Storm Debby soaked the region. The flooding was extensive.

“Today, when we arrived here, the water was just over here and everywhere. Truck was jammed, the car was jammed, and the store was full of water. About eight inches,” said Alain Daigle, owner of the Benjamin Moore paint store at the corner of Côte-Vertu Boulevard and Beaulac Street.

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Daigle said in his 35 years of business, the store has never flooded — until last month’s record-breaking rainfall and again on Friday.

“We just restored the store … we were supposed to open Monday but I …