Residents of Quebec town unfazed by prospect of heavy rains
YAMACHICHE, Que. — Christian Montigny’s two-storey home in the central Quebec town of Yamachiche is normally a lakefront cottage — but now it’s become an island.
When the floods began in early April, the 61-year-old was able to get home in his truck, then later in a four-wheeler. For the last three weeks, however, he’s had to use a motorboat — and authorities are warning worse weather is yet to come.
But despite a local state of emergency and a forecast calling for heavy rain on the weekend, Montigny, like many other Yamachiche residents, believes the waters are receding.
“I don’t put much faith in weather forecasts,” he said in an interview Thursday.