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Montreal breaks snowfall record with over 70 cm of snow in 4 days, residents asked to stay home
Montreal is digging out from unprecedented back-to-back storms, with more snow having fallen between last Thursday and Sunday than any four-day period on record.
What to know about tracking Montreal’s snow removal progress and what to expect after the record breaking weather
3. Progress of snow removal operations: Once the city starts clearing snow, this table charts the progress of snow-removal operations in each borough. Snow plowed to the sides of streets is transferred to trucks and taken to snow dumping sites. The table shows the number of kilometres of streets from which snow has been removed.
23 per cent of snow in Montreal picked up, days after historic storms
On the fourth day of Montreal’s snow-removal operation, following a 74 cm dumping of snow, the City says they are 23 per cent of the way through snow loading as of Thursday morning. The day before, Mayor Valérie Plante said it would not be possible to complete the operation until at least another week —
Inside a massive Montreal snow dump site days after record-breaking storms
Ever wondered where the snow goes after a winter storm? There are 10 snow dump sites on the island of Montreal, each can hold the equivalent of 800 Olympic size swimming pools filled with snow.
Montreal pleads with residents as it struggles to clear record-breaking snowfall
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is pleading for patience and urging caution as the city's snow removal trucks and plows struggle to clear the record-shattering snowfall that has blanketed Montreal.
Canada: Montreal Residents Ski Through Streets As Heavy Snow Falls
Montreal received 75 cm of snow between Thursday, February 13, and Sunday, February 16, due to two consecutive snowstorms, marking the highest snowfall for any four-day period since record-keeping began in 1941.
How a century-old Montreal invention changed snow removal in the city
The challenge facing Montreal snow-removal crews this week is without precedent: two big storms back to back have left more than 70 centimetres of snow to clear. But the city is also equipped with far more powerful machines than it had in the past.
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Operation snowfall: A look at how Montreal is cleaning up after back-to-back storms
In Montreal's southwest, by the Lachine Canal, trucks come and go like clockwork, dumping loads of snow as blowers the size ...
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At least 10 more days to remove snow in Montreal, garbage collection to resume Monday
The city of Montreal says it’s cleared about a third of the snow from the two historic back-to-back major winter storms that ...
13-year-old girl dies after being found under snow in Montreal area. How winter play can quickly turn deadly
"There are no words to explain the pain the family must be going through right now," Châteauguay, Que., mayor Éric Allard ...
Why can’t Toronto remove snow like Montreal? The answers may surprise you
The question of whether snow removal can or can’t get done more quickly after last weekend’s storm is complicated, according to city officials overseeing the process.
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Towering snow piles could get higher as more snow targets Ottawa, Montreal
For an area already inundated by snow, more is on the way. As residents of southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, including ...
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Montreal's historic snowfall nearly ties this 127-year record
72.4 cm. That’s how much snow fell on Montreal between February 13 and 16. The last time the city saw that much snow in such a short period? The only other time on record was between January 19 ...
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Montreal weather: Flurries? We blizzard pros can handle that
Environment Canada is calling for mainly sunny skies Saturday morning with a 30-per-cent chance of flurries in the afternoon.
Snow-removal operation could last 10 more days, as city crews take mandatory breaks
It could take another 10 days for city crews to clear the snowbanks left over by last week's record-setting snowfalls.