{"id":751864,"date":"2026-06-21T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/751864\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:20:10","slug":"4500-montreal-area-homes-remain-without-power-after-saturdays-severe-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/751864\/","title":{"rendered":"4,500 Montreal-area homes remain without power after Saturday&#8217;s severe rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 4,500 Montreal-area addresses were still without power by 11 a.m. Sunday, down considerably from the 20,000 homes affected by <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/nearly-10000-lose-power-in-west-island-as-storms-sweep-across-montreal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec outages Saturday as a result of severe weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms and rainfall of between 100 and 150 mm across the city meant that service was interrupted by the utility in a number of municipalities, including Pierrefonds and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0621-city-flooding_303850214.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a mask carries a container of belongings up a driveway strewn with belongings after flooding.\" class=\"wp-image-100235202\"  \/>A man carries belongings in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after 100 to 150 mm of rain fell Saturday night, resulting in flooding in Pierrefonds and Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p>Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec said in statement on Sunday that \u201cdepending on the area, service was interrupted as a preventive measure to ensure public safety.\u201d<br \/>It said restoration is underway and \u201cwill proceed gradually, as conditions allow crews to operate safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 4,500 Montreal-area addresses were still without power by 11 a.m. Sunday, down considerably from the 20,000 homes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338,229608],"class_list":["post-751864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal","tag-quebec-flooding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}