{"id":776633,"date":"2026-07-03T00:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776633\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:50:16","slug":"update-montreal-under-severe-thunderstorm-warning-as-day-2-of-heat-wave-rumbles-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776633\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Montreal under severe thunderstorm warning as Day 2 of heat wave rumbles to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moving Day is over for many Quebecers, but the heat wave that made that endeavour <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/weather\/humidex-could-hit-45-with-montreals-moving-day-suffocating-in-a-heat-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">even more arduous than usual<\/a> continues.<\/p>\n<p>Environment and Climate Change Canada upgraded an earlier severe thunderstorm watch to a severe thunderstorm warning Thursday evening for the Montreal Island area.<\/p>\n<p>Around 7:30 p.m., meteorologists said they were tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging wind gusts, hail up to the size of quarters and heavy rain. Localized utility outages are possible, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>ECCC urged residents to take immediate shelter if a thunderstorm approaches and warned people outdoors to protect themselves from flying debris and hail. The agency also noted severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, a yellow heat warning was also issued by ECCC for the Montreal area and most of Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal reached a high of 32.1 C on Thursday, with humid conditions making it feel significantly hotter. An overnight low of 24 C is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures and humidity will decrease beginning on Saturday, according to ECCC.<\/p>\n<p>How to cope with a heat wave<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0702-city-moving-day_304047528.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is obscured by a large art print she is carrying into a new home.\" class=\"wp-image-100240864\"  \/>Maude-Andr\u00e9e Meloche carries a poster into her new apartment in Verdun. John Mahoney \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p>Speaking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/weather\/heat-warning-skip-the-beer-on-moving-day-public-health-tells-montrealers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">to The Gazette Tuesday<\/a>, Montreal public health assistant director David Kaiser offered these tips for staying safe amid sky-high temperatures:<\/p>\n<p>Stay hydrated<\/p>\n<p>Avoid or limit alcohol intake, which can lead to dehydration<\/p>\n<p>Take breaks if working outdoors or in indoor spaces without air conditioning<\/p>\n<p>If you have a cool space, invite people over to keep out of the heat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moving Day is over for many Quebecers, but the heat wave that made that endeavour even more arduous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-776633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776633","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=776633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}