www.newscoverage.org<\/a><\/p>\nWith local weather swinging swiftly between balmy and deep-freeze, Laval public safety officials are keeping a close watch on the \u00cele J\u00e9sus shoreline, particularly along Rivi\u00e8re des Prairies.<\/p>\n
Once again this year, the rapid alternation between deep freeze and balmy weather during the past couple of weeks had turned the rivers that surround the city into a thick, supercooled slushy mix\u2014 known as frazil\u2014rather than just freezing on top.<\/p>\n
“There are still lots of areas with no ice cover,” reassured Laval Police Lt. Daniel Gu\u00e9rin.<\/p>\n
However, the temperature flux could have caused bottom freezing, where ice forms at the bottom of the river, rather than on the surface. That can cause water to well up where the channel is shallow.<\/p>\n
“Public safety has been watching the river closely since Jan. 5,” Lt. Gu\u00e9rin said. “Currently, there is no problem and there is no flood alert.”
Last year, Laval firefighters deployed their stockpile of sandbags, after that sno-cone-like suspension obstructed the channels surrounding the island and caused the rivers’ water level to rise.
Some shorelines in Sainte Doroth\u00e9e, Laval des Rapides and St. Fran\u00e7ois experienced some inundation a year ago, when rain, combined with unusually high, above-zero temperatures, melted accumulated snow\u2014the equivalent of a torrential downpour. The land surrounding L\u00e9vesque Boulevard in Laval des Rapides is particularly low near the river.<\/p>\n
Hydro Quebec also engaged in helping the city with flood mitigation last January. It used its vessels to keep a channel open from near the Pont Viau bridge to its hydroelectric dam on Rivi\u00e8re des Prairies.<\/p>\n
“We’re remaining vigilant, together with Public Safety and Hydro, but for the moment there is no threat,” Lt. Gu\u00e9rin concluded.<\/p>\n
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