Now a tradition, Mon Joliette takes stock of the year 2024 in some news. So here is the month of April, which begins with the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024.
The phenomenon occurred around 3:26 p.m. in the Lanaudière region, everything could depend on the location.
The solar eclipse was total and lasted between 1 minute 30 seconds and 3 minutes 30 seconds depending on the location viewed.
Due to this spectacle, several merchants who had no connection with this astronomical phenomenon sold solar glasses, including the Zedem boutique in Terrebonne, indicates the Journal de Montréal.
Flood | Two vehicles swept away after road collapse, one person missing in Chertsey
On April 12, 2024, one person is missing after the collapse of rue Castor in Chertsey where two vehicles were swept away by water
According to the municipality, a part of the roadway, approximately 50 feet north of the Gour Creek bridge, gave way under the pressure of the waters of the Ouareau River, swollen by torrential rains.
Around fifty people were trapped due to the collapse.
Emergency services as well as divers from the Sûreté du Québec intervened on site.
Major flood on the L’Assomption River
The L'Assomption River reached a peak of 378 cubic meters per second on April 14, 2024, this flow is the second highest after that of February 1981 when the river reached 381 cubic meters per second.
Several sectors of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, the Sainte-Adèle district and the Louis-Bazinet sector in Saint-Charles-Borromée, as well as the Louis-Querbes sector in Joliette were on flood alert.
