2 people missing after torrential rain in Quebec causes landslide – Montreal | 24CA News
Quebec provincial police are looking for two people who find themselves lacking after a landslide following torrential rain in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean area on Saturday afternoon.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says a number of individuals have been making an attempt to clear storm-related particles from a street in Rivière-Éternité, Que., when the landslide occurred occurred at round 1:30 p.m.
Crews start repairs to a washed-out part of freeway 170 in Riviere-Eternite, Que., Sunday, July 2, 2023. A serious landslide brought on by heavy rain lower freeway 170 between Saguenay, Que., and Saint-Simeon. Two individuals are lacking after they have been swept from the street by flood waters.
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Authorities say the Éternité River had overflowed after which the landslide swept away three individuals who have been exterior of their vehicles clearing the street. Environment Canada reported a rainfall of about 130 millimetres inside two hours.
One of the three, a person in his 40s, was rescued. Officials say he suffered critical accidents and was transported to hospital the place he stays in essential situation.
The two others, a person and a lady, are nonetheless lacking.
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The SQ says search groups have deployed a helicopter and divers to search for them on the bottom and within the water.
The Rivière-Éternité municipality has declared a state of emergency and suggested its 400 residents to evacuate. A provincial freeway operating by way of the city has been closed on account of erosion because of the storm.
Quebec’s transport ministry stated main work is required and the street will stay closed all through the day and probably longer.
Climate disaster specialists and a latest IPCC report say the harms of the warming planet will turn out to be extra frequent, together with excessive climate and storms, rising waters, flash floods and infrastructure incapable of dealing with such climate occasions.
–with information from The Canadian Press
