Communities across Quebec began taking stock of the damage on Saturday a day after the remnants of Hurricane Debby knocked out power to nearly half a million residents and pummeled several parts of the province with record-breaking rainfalls.
The historic deluge that brought more than 140 millimetres of rain to the Island of Montreal washed out roads and flooded basements across Quebec. And provincial police in the Mauricie region said they’re now searching for a pedestrian in his 80s they fear was swept into the Batiscan River late on Friday after a nearby roadway collapsed.
