A family in Saint-Jérôme fears they will lose everything after their home was flooded by the Rivière du Nord, which has been raging since yesterday.
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“We’re going a little too far,” said Kim Leonard, 37, whose apartment directly overlooks the North River, according to Quebec’s public safety ministry. .
The ground floor where she lives with her three children has been standing water since yesterday. “This is the first time there has been a flood of this magnitude.”
Photo by Olivier Faucher
The powerful current of the North River crashes into the basement of a flooded apartment building.
Mrs Leonard’s insurance has decided to no longer cover water damage, especially since she moved into the accommodation three years ago.
“If it goes up, we lose everything. We can’t wait for it to come back down.”
A visit to the journal behind the building is dizzying as the force of the river rushes directly into the courtyard and collides with the foundations.
Photo by Olivier Faucher
The building where Kim Leonard lives with her family is one of the most vulnerable when the North River levels rise.
“Every time I go to bed I think the balcony is going to tear off.”
According to the city of Saint-Jérôme, the flow of the river reached a plateau today and will decrease in the next few days.
“It’s a little colder so it’s going to slow down a lot,” said Marie-Eve Proulx, director of communications.
