{"id":752856,"date":"2026-06-22T03:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752856\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:45:42","slug":"photos-severe-flooding-ravages-homes-in-montreals-west-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752856\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Severe flooding ravages homes in Montreal’s West Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy storms on Saturday<\/a> left many residents of Montreal\u2019s West Island with flooded homes and damaged possessions. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have never seen water like this,<\/a>\u201d said a lifelong resident of Pierrefonds. \u201cIt was coming down in buckets for an hour and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n

The water \u201cwas unstoppable,\u201d said a Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident whose townhouse complex sustained severe damage.<\/p>\n

Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough mayor Jim Beis said homes that had never experienced flooding before were affected this time around. \u201cThere were entire streets with four feet of water,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are things we have never seen before at this magnitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AGolden Garcia cleans out his flooded basement in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"ThreeMembers of Montreal\u2019s fire department check in on a resident in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AFox 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<\/p>\n

\"AnAn 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<\/p>\n

\"AHaydee Mirando watches as her family clears out debris on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after flooding in Pierrefonds. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AA 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<\/p>\n

\"AA basement on Fox St. in Pierrefonds is seen on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after suffering flood damage the previous night. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"ACynthia Rombionti sweeps debris from her garage in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026, after the previous night\u2019s flooding. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AA Montreal firefighter pumps water from a house on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AA Montreal firefighter pumps water from a house on Kent St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AMembers 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<\/p>\n

\"AMembers 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<\/p>\n

\"ASandra 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<\/p>\n

\"AGerard 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<\/p>\n

\"AMathieu Godbout clears out water-soaked possessions in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"ASandra 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<\/p>\n

\"AMathieu Godbout clears out water-soaked possessions in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AAdrian Matei shows how high the floodwaters reached in his basement on Edison St. in Pierrefonds, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AAdrian 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<\/p>\n

\"Pierrefonds-RoxboroPierrefonds-Roxboro borough mayor Jim Beis answers reporters\u2019 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<\/p>\n

\"TwoFox 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<\/p>\n

\"ARobert and his wife Cynthia Rombionti sort through flood-damaged possessions in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AAshley 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<\/p>\n

\"AJulie Anne Lochhead surveys the damage in her basement after floodwaters receded in Pierrefonds, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"DebrisDebris 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<\/p>\n

\"AAshley Paterson carries lumber from her flood-damaged basement on Edison St. in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AA 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<\/p>\n

\"TwoFather 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<\/p>\n

\"AHenri and Adeline Lefloch clear damaged goods from the basement of their Lake St. home after the previous night\u2019s flooding in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"ThreeRenata 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<\/p>\n

\"AFather 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<\/p>\n

\"AHomeowner 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<\/p>\n

\"AEric Marceau spends his Father\u2019s Day helping his son Jonathan clean up on Sunday, June 21, 2026, the day after flooding hit Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

\"AHenri 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<\/p>\n

\"AMelissa 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<\/p>\n

\"AIrene 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<\/p>\n

\"TwoResidents 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<\/p>\n

\"ABarbara 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<\/p>\n

\"ThreeNicholas 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<\/p>\n

\"AMeissam 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<\/p>\n

\"ARisa 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<\/p>\n

\"ATessa 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<\/p>\n

\"PilesPiles 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<\/p>\n

\"AOmar 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<\/p>\n

\"AGolden Garcia cleans out his flooded basement in Pierrefonds on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Tim Snow \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n

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