According to Environment Canada, rainfall totals of 50 to 75 millimeters are expected by Wednesday morning. Service is suspended at Square-Victoria-OACI subway station due to flooding, causing significant delays along the Orange Line. “No trains can stop at this station in either direction. Service on the rest of the line remains normal,” said a Tweet from the orange Line account. At around 7pm, the STM tweeted that service was gradually resuming on the line.
Square Victoria OACI tube station is completely flooded It hasn’t started in a long time and the water level keeps rising pic.twitter.com/LhJ0JciPdI
CLOSING OF ROADS
Meanwhile, the downpour forced road closures across the city. Autoroute 19 was temporarily closed northbound from Boulevard Henri-Bourassa. The freeway is now back in service, but with only the northbound lane open. In addition, one lane of the Metropolitan Expressway at Galeries d’Anjou Avenue was closed. The lane has reopened. Twitter users reported streets overflowing with water, while residents in St. Leonard told CTV News their basements were completely flooded.
So Montreal has monsoons now. A good time to take stock of how poorly we manage rainwater. He could replace that coulée d’sphalte on Mont-Royal with trees, rain gardens and bike infrastructure as a start… pic.twitter.com/GnpDm1E2fX — Jill Lance (@JillALance) September 13, 2022 This is a developing story that will be updated. With files from The Canadian Press.
