Heavy storms on Saturday left many residents of Montreal’s West Island with flooded homes and damaged possessions.

“I have never seen water like this,” said a lifelong resident of Pierrefonds. “It was coming down in buckets for an hour and a half.”

The water “was unstoppable,” said a Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident whose townhouse complex sustained severe damage.

Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough mayor Jim Beis said homes that had never experienced flooding before were affected this time around. “There were entire streets with four feet of water,” he said. “These are things we have never seen before at this magnitude.”

A man wearing a mask carries a doll house up a driveway strewn with belongings after flooding.Golden Garcia cleans out his flooded basement in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Three firefighters are seen from behind as they enter a home.Members of Montreal’s fire department check in on a resident in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman sorts through belongings in a driveway after flooding.Fox St. resident Helene Halley sorts some of her damaged items in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after 100 to 170 mm of rain fell Saturday night. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

An abandoned BMW sits in the middle of a street.An abandoned BMW sits in the middle of Fox St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after heavy rain caused flooding the previous night. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman watches from a walkway outside a house as other people sort through belongings in a driveway.Haydee Mirando watches as her family clears out debris on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after flooding in Pierrefonds. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A car in a garage is marked by lines of dirt that show how high floodwaters reached.A car in a garage on Fox St. in Pierrefonds is marked by lines of dirt that show how high the floodwaters reached the night before. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A basement shows signs of flood damage.A basement on Fox St. in Pierrefonds is seen on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after suffering flood damage the previous night. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman sweeps debris in a garage.Cynthia Rombionti sweeps debris from her garage in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after the previous night’s flooding. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A Montreal firefighter is seen from behind as he pumps water from a house.A Montreal firefighter pumps water from a house on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A Montreal firefighter pumps water from a house.A Montreal firefighter pumps water from a house on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A family cleans out damaged items from a garage after flooding.Members of the Aquino family clear out damaged items from their garage in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after heavy flooding. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A family cleans out damaged items from a garage after flooding.Members of the Aquino family clear out damaged items from their garage in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after heavy flooding. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman speaks to three firefighters on a lawn in front of a damaged tree branch.Sandra Calder speaks with Montreal firefighters about a damaged tree branch on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after severe weather the previous night. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man watches from his porch as firefighters pump water from his basement.Gerard Bergeron watches from his porch as Montreal firefighters pump water from his basement on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man carries water-soaked possessions in a house after flooding.Mathieu Godbout clears out water-soaked possessions in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman holds a dustpan and rake as she speaks to a firefighter on a lawn in front of a damaged tree branch.Sandra Calder speaks with Montreal firefighters about a damaged tree branch on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after severe weather the previous night. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man carries a water-damaged drawer in a room after flooding.Mathieu Godbout clears out water-soaked possessions in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man points to marks on a basement door from flooding damage.Adrian Matei shows how high the floodwaters reached in his basement on Edison St. in Pierrefonds, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man stands in the corner of a mostly barren basement room after flooding.Adrian Matei in his basement on Edison St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after floodwaters damaged homes in the area the night before. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough mayor Jim Beis speaks next to a Montreal fire department spokesperson as an official films them on her phone.Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough mayor Jim Beis answers reporters’ questions about heavy flooding via a video conference as Montreal fire department communications chief Martin Guilbault looks on, in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Between 100 and 170 mm of rain fell the night before. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Two men stand on a street with a fire truck in the background.Fox St. neighbours Mahjoub Elkihel, left, and Antonio Gameiro swap stories of their flood damage in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man sorts through flood-damaged possessions outside a garage, as a woman walks inside the garage.Robert and his wife Cynthia Rombionti sort through flood-damaged possessions in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman wearing gloves gestures while she speaks to a man outside a house.Ashley Paterson and her neighbour JP Moreau discuss the flood damage in their basements on Edison St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman gestures and looks up in a basement room, with possessions stacked behind her in the wake of flooding.Julie Anne Lochhead surveys the damage in her basement after floodwaters receded in Pierrefonds, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Debris and damaged household items are stacked on the curb in front of a house, including a couch and cupboards.Debris is stacked in front of a house on Edison St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains caused widespread flooding. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman carries strips of lumber through the yard of a home.Ashley Paterson carries lumber from her flood-damaged basement on Edison St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A car sits in a ditch in front of a sign that says Uniburger, with a road in the background.A car sits abandoned in a ditch at the corner of Pierrefonds and St-Jean Blvds. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains flooded the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Two people are seen from behind as they bring flood-damaged household items to the curb. A fire truck is in the background.Father and daughter John and Irene Damianakis clear out their house in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after damage was sustained in heavy rains the night before. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man carries household items on a driveway strewn with flood-damaged possessions in front of a house. A woman works in the garage of the house in the background.Henri and Adeline Lefloch clear damaged goods from the basement of their Lake St. home after the previous night’s flooding in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Three women use wood panelling to block a home's damaged garage door.Renata Piecaitis, centre, receives help from family members as they block a damaged garage door in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains fell on the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man and young woman carry a freezer across the lawn of a home.Father and daughter John and Irene Damianakis clear out their house in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains damaged homes in the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man carries a stack of damaged drywall as another man pulls pieces from the wall in the background.Homeowner Jonathan Marceau, left, and friend Danny Tran clear the house of damaged drywall the day after severe flooding on Autumn St. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man carries long pieces of damaged household material up a staircase, as more damaged pieces rest against the bottom of the stairs.Eric Marceau spends his Father’s Day helping his son Jonathan clean up on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after flooding hit Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man walks among flood-damaged possessions outside a house.Henri Lefloch walks among his possessions after clearing his Lake St. basement in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains flooded homes in the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman walks among household items spread across a lawn.Melissa Desmarais sorts her belongings after substantial flooding in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Between 100 and 170 mm of rain fell on the area the previous night. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman clears spoiled food out of a freezer in a basement.Irene Damianakis clears spoiled food out of her freezer in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy floods damaged homes in the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Two people bring flood-damaged belongings to the side of a road outside a house.Residents of a badly flooded building on Dauphin St. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux add their belongings to a garbage pile outside their homes on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman wearing yellow cleaning gloves walks past a large pile of debris and damaged belongings at the end of a driveway.Barbara Frost walks past a pile of debris in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after heavy rains flooded homes in the area the night before. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Three men carry parts of a flood-damaged couch up a driveway.Nicholas Lanni, left, Dwayne Dodds and Glenn Campbell carry parts of a couch from the basement of a house in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after heavy rains damaged homes in the area the night before. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man watches a car being loaded onto the bed of a tow truck.Meissam Toubian watches as his car is loaded onto the bed of a tow truck in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after it was damaged by flooding. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A woman throws a bag onto a large pile of trash at the side of a road.Risa Weigersberg throws another bag onto a pile of garbage outside of her home on Dauphin St. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains flooded homes in the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A young woman carries a chair across a street.Tessa Neuheimer travelled from Ottawa to help her grandfather clean his house in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after heavy rains flooded homes in the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

Piles of garbage line the driveways on a street.Piles of garbage line the driveways of homes on Gardenia St. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after heavy rains flooded homes in the area. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man takes a photo of piles of garbage and flood-damaged possessions at the side of a road.Omar Ali photographs flood-damaged possessions sitting in a pile on his front lawn in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

A man wearing a mask carries a container of belongings up a driveway strewn with belongings after flooding.Golden Garcia cleans out his flooded basement in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette

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