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Broken Water Main Causes Major Flooding in Montreal

A broken water main spewed out huge amounts of water and caused street flooding near the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec, on Friday morning, August 16. This footage shows the broken water main flooding parts of Rene-Levesque Boulevard, De Lorimier Avenue, and Saint-Catherine Street in the city's Sainte-Marie neighborhood. Mayor Valerie Plante said the break would take several hours to mend and urged people to avoid the flooded areas, according to https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/major-water-main-break-floods-montreal-near-the-jacques-cartier-bridge-1.7003002 local reports . Plante said in a https://www.facebook.com/MTL.ValeriePlante/posts/pfbid02d5DgbNKdKHjGT46UMSvAqUHBkhLwZudBtPgCRM9fznwqbXcuFdNzJuY4HdtmVo3el Facebook post: "The command post is in place and our teams are mobilized in the field to identify the cause, process valve closures, and schedule repairs." (Footage by @foodman19812/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A broken water main spewed out huge amounts of water and caused street flooding near the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Quebec, on Friday morning, August 16. This footage shows the broken water main flooding parts of Rene-Levesque Boulevard, De Lorimier Avenue, and Saint-Catherine Street in the city's Sainte-Marie neighborhood. Mayor Valerie Plante said the break would take several hours to mend and urged people to avoid the flooded areas, according to https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/major-water-main-break-floods-montreal-near-the-jacques-cartier-bridge-1.7003002 local reports . Plante said in a https://www.facebook.com/MTL.ValeriePlante/posts/pfbid02d5DgbNKdKHjGT46UMSvAqUHBkhLwZudBtPgCRM9fznwqbXcuFdNzJuY4HdtmVo3el Facebook post: "The command post is in place and our teams are mobilized in the field to identify the cause, process valve closures, and schedule repairs." (Footage by @foodman19812/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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Storyful
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2168576815
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Storyful
Date created:
August 16, 2024
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00:00:25:27
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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MPEG-4 HEVC 4K 3840x2160 30p
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Storyful
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