Cut off from drinking water and roads, Quebec towns face daunting cleanup after flooding
CBC
Yvon Deshaies has never seen flooding like he did last week in his town of Louiseville, Que.
"It's like a tsunami coming down over the city," said Deshaies, the mayor of the municipality 160 kilometres southwest of Quebec City.
"There was nothing we could do. There was so much water."
He estimates 300 residents were affected by the flooding and about 50 people had to find a place to stay with family, friends or neighbours.
As of Monday, days after the remnants of tropical storm Debby drenched much of southern Quebec, the water that filled the streets of Louiseville has receded.
But Deshaies says the cleanup is only just beginning.
"It's the basements that people are cleaning up," said Deshaies. "It's sunny out there, and people are smiling all the same."
The storm caused damage across the southern part of the province, including Montreal.
"People are losing a good portion of their lives, not just material," said Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève borough Mayor Doug Hurley.
"I literally had people coming to work, and they're looking, and they're crying" because of the damage to their own home, he added.
As of Monday, Quebec's Public Security Ministry said 52 municipalities were impacted, about 350 people have been evacuated from their homes and 52 landslides occurred, primarily in the Laurentians.
They said about 150 roads suffered either major or minor damage and 900 homes were cut off from drinking water.
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