Quebec Residents Feel Abandoned After August Flooding

Quebec Residents Feel Abandoned After August Flooding
Discarded furniture and other household belongings are shown on a street in Beaconsfield west of Montreal, on Aug. 13, 2024. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The Quebec government has made payments in less than 10 percent of the nearly 10,000 claims it has received since the remnants of Hurricane Debby hit the province in August, causing severe flooding and damage.

In Montreal, which received a record-breaking 150 millimetres of rain during the storm, the government has paid out just nine of the 1,900 claims it has received, despite an early suggestion from Premier François Legault that he would expand access to financial aid for flood victims.