Vehicles drive slowly through water overflowing on to highway 30 in Vaudreuil-Dorion west of Montreal after heavy rains hit the area on August 9, 2024. The Canadian Press/Peter McCabe
Montreal was drenched in a record amount of rain Friday as a storm system continued to pass through Eastern Canada.
Environment Canada figures show Montreal received 157 millimetres of rain on Friday, which broke the previous all-time daily record for rainfall set back in November 1996.
