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Showers were predicted for Friday afternoon, but it was water from below that ruined the morning commute for people who use the Jacques-Cartier Bridge into Montreal.
A suspected water-main break shot a geyser into air and flooded surrounding streets just before 6 a.m. The break originated at Ste-Catherine St. and de Lorimier Ave. and flooded parts of René-Lévesque Blvd. and Papineau St.
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Montrealers can be forgiven for stomping their feet in frustration.
Meanwhile, Environment Canada called for a sunny Friday morning followed by a chance of showers in the afternoon. The expected high is 30 C, with a humidex of 36 C and a UV index of 7, or high. At night, a low of 21 C.
The rest of the weekend will be marked by cloudy skies and a few showers with temperatures in the mid-20s.
Hurricane Ernesto
Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters and close government offices.
The Category 2 storm had maximum sustained winds of 160 km/h.
Ernesto is expected to strengthen further on Friday before it passes near or over Bermuda on Saturday. Tropical storm conditions including strong winds and life-threatening floods are expected to start affecting Bermuda on Friday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center.
“Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion,” the centre said.
Forecasters say Ernesto is a large hurricane, with hurricane-force winds extending up to 110 km from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extending up to 425 kilometres.
Ernesto previously battered the northeast Caribbean, where it left hundreds of thousands of people without power and water in Puerto Rico after swiping past the U.S. territory as a tropical storm.
Ernesto is the fifth named storm and the third hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season because of record warm ocean temperatures. It forecast 17 to 25 named storms, with four to seven major hurricanes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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