Montreal suffers flash flood

Flooding in Verdun near de l'Eglise. Photo by Nina Haigh

Several people were getting their cars towed in Verdun, photo by Nina Haigh.

Parts of downtown and low lying suburbs like parts of Verdun were flooded following a wall of rain that dropped between 50-100cm of rain in a short time. Meteorologists say that this kind of rainfall happens once every 10 years in the Montreal area.  

Where I live in Pierrefonds, other then a few larger then normal puddles, there was no flooding.  Heck I'm happy I live in a low-lying area in Pierrefonds, my street didn't flood, nor did my basement. I guess the 2 sump pumps did their jobs!