Rain storm causes major damage in Edmundston
CBC
The mayor of Edmunston, N.B., says damage is being evaluated after a sudden and intense rain storm hit the city Thursday evening.
Éric Marquis said the damage is already significant. He also confirmed no injuries were reported.
According to Environment Canada, at least 60 millimetres of rain fell in the region, but Marquis thinks the level of water on the ground reached 150 millimetres.
"It's surely a lot more than that," Jacques Doiron, from the municipal Emergency Measures Organization, told Radio-Canada.
Marquis told Radio-Canada that they were lucky, there are no reported injuries or deaths as a result of the storm.
"We are talking about several flooded residences and roads being cut-off," he said to Radio-Canada in French. "Railway traffic is also blocked."
Doiron, who is also the director of fire services in Edmundston, confirmed the municipality was caught off guard by the storm. Environment Canada had issued warnings, but it was too late.
"The only alert we received was at 5:30 p.m.," he said in French. "We have a plan for facing these emergency situations but because we had no warming, our pumps were not installed. We will be verifying why we did not receive that warning."
According to the mayor, 110 residences have reported sewer back-ups or flooding in their basements, especially those in Saint-Jacques.
The Emergency Measures Organization is asking those affected to contact their insurance company as soon as possible to assess the damage, and to take lots of photos to any damage to their property.
Meanwhile, the City of Edmundston is working with provincial authorities to set up a disaster relief program. Specialists are expected to be on scene all weekend assessing the damage.
The city also plans to organize a special garbage collection in the coming days.
If your property suffered damage, you can call Edmundston public works at (506) 739-2103.
In terms of damage to municipal infrastructure, authorities are reporting damage in four sectors.
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