{"id":722,"date":"2022-05-27T17:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:44:26","slug":"west-island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/stories\/west-island\/","title":{"rendered":"West Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"722\" class=\"elementor elementor-722\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c5b09e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c5b09e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74962f2\" data-id=\"74962f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a07b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8a07b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" style=\"text-align: center;\" contenteditable=\"true\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Saisir ici...\">West Island, Montreal<\/h1><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It affects us all.<\/h2><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The &#8220;<em>West Island&#8221;<\/em> is the unofficial name given to the cities, towns and boroughs at the western end of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. It is generally considered to consist of the municipalities of Dorval, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Beaconsfield, Baie-D&#8217;Urf\u00e9, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the village of Senneville, and two boroughs of the city of Montreal: Pierrefonds-Roxboro and L&#8217;\u00cele-Bizard\u2013Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4cc1a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4cc1a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-751d386\" data-id=\"751d386\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37a8fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c37a8fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wi_map.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1559\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wi_map.png 878w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wi_map-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wi_map-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wi_map-600x362.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e4ec0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e4ec0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-410e252\" data-id=\"410e252\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7ec6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f7ec6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_intro.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1539\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_intro.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_intro-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_intro-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_intro-600x437.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18d5788\" data-id=\"18d5788\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b14ab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b14ab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hi, my name is Ciara.<\/h2><h4 dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m 15 years old. I live in the West Island of Montreal, in a large suburb along the Saint Lawrence River.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e85101 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e85101\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65df733\" data-id=\"65df733\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d99206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d99206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>I\u2019ve lived here my whole life. I go to High School here and all of my friends live nearby. It\u2019s the only home I\u2019ve ever known.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h4><h4>When the floods first started, water seeped into our basement in the spring with the runoff of melting snow.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21ba7c6\" data-id=\"21ba7c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f76b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f76b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/school_friends.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1556\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/school_friends.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/school_friends-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/school_friends-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/school_friends-600x311.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99b294e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99b294e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b50d9bc\" data-id=\"b50d9bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba3c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ba3c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mom_boxes_photos.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1549\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mom_boxes_photos.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mom_boxes_photos-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mom_boxes_photos-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mom_boxes_photos-600x344.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb80d09\" data-id=\"fb80d09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349f60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2349f60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 dir=\"ltr\">We lost important documents, photos, and a ton of other stuff that first year. It was a huge hassle, but nothing too alarming.\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-368b67e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"368b67e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d52aa1e\" data-id=\"d52aa1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96cdaf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96cdaf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_sans_bckgrn_large.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1538\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_sans_bckgrn_large.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_sans_bckgrn_large-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_sans_bckgrn_large-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_sans_bckgrn_large-600x432.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5677fb\" data-id=\"b5677fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6262db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6262db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>We didn&#8217;t yet know that the flooding was connected to climate change. That would come later.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3374949 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3374949\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7ff2f5\" data-id=\"a7ff2f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43df5a1 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"43df5a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7111\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7111\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Floods and Climate Change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7111\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7111\"><ul><li>Linking the floods to climate change is difficult due to the variations in weather from one year to the next. However, when extreme floods occurred in both 2017 and 2019 in Quebec, scientists had greater confidence that the floods were indeed linked to climate change. Inundations of this extent are expected to only occur once in 50 to 100 years.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>More extreme weather events, higher levels of precipitation and earlier spring thawing are occurring due to global warming. Although less snowfall in winter and a reduced water level in the St Lawrence River could mitigate some of the effects, climate change is expected to increase the risk that major floods will continue to occur.<\/li><\/ul><p>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7415382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7415382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2af69e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2af69e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-780d1fc\" data-id=\"780d1fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9490e0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9490e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_flooding_ciara.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1537\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_flooding_ciara.png 1200w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_flooding_ciara-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_flooding_ciara-1024x742.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_flooding_ciara-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/basement_flooding_ciara-600x435.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ad16b7\" data-id=\"3ad16b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b895e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49b895e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>A few years ago was the worst yet.<\/h4><h4>When it got really bad, the flood waters rushed through the house like in a movie!<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0901687 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0901687\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed1b0df\" data-id=\"ed1b0df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-085acd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"085acd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8761\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8761\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">SUBSEQUENT FLOODING <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8761\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8761\"><ul><li>In 2017, over 1000 houses were flooded in the West Island.2019 also came with substantial flooding. While residents in the West Island were better prepared, more than 10 000 residents had to leave their houses in the Southern part of Quebec.<\/li><\/ul><p>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef582f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef582f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8382b74\" data-id=\"8382b74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c13307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c13307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1540\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider.jpg 900w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ciara_worried_wider-600x599.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0575f6\" data-id=\"b0575f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a961a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a961a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>When we ran outside, the whole world looked different.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-781075d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"781075d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-797b5db\" data-id=\"797b5db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe43b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfe43b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1951\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1612\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat.png 1951w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat-1024x315.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat-768x236.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat-1536x472.png 1536w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/neighbours_rescued_boat-600x185.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1951px) 100vw, 1951px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66aaeac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66aaeac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68c4e35\" data-id=\"68c4e35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e4c7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60e4c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1609\" height=\"989\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1613\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing.png 1609w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing-1536x944.png 1536w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/scared_sniffers_writing-600x369.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1609px) 100vw, 1609px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86b7bdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86b7bdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e0bd98\" data-id=\"5e0bd98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6823be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6823be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1554\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging-600x417.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a34de54\" data-id=\"a34de54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d96dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9d96dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The neighbourhood banded together and helped each other out that year. We spent days and weeks sandbagging. It was hard work.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69affcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69affcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-549735f\" data-id=\"549735f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b7d98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14b7d98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Lots of people came from other towns to help out, even the army came!<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec5964c\" data-id=\"ec5964c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ad6fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17ad6fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging_transparent.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1553\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging_transparent.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging_transparent-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging_transparent-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandbagging_transparent-600x417.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5b0522 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5b0522\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f4154f\" data-id=\"4f4154f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc61259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cc61259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e91390e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e91390e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/army_sandbagging.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1536\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/army_sandbagging.png 1224w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/army_sandbagging-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/army_sandbagging-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/army_sandbagging-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/army_sandbagging-600x346.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5ff28e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d5ff28e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dafe082 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dafe082\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44fcb0a\" data-id=\"44fcb0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc97e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc97e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1116\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_family-e1649941650168.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1546\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_family-e1649941650168.png 1116w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_family-e1649941650168-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_family-e1649941650168-1024x645.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_family-e1649941650168-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_family-e1649941650168-600x378.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09dcfb8\" data-id=\"09dcfb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c4445 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c4445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>We had to stay at a hotel for a couple of months while our house was repaired. We all shared a double room. It was chaotic! My brothers distracted me constantly while I tried to catch up on my studies. Everybody was in a bad mood, we fought constantly.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df5cec4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df5cec4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-597de8c\" data-id=\"597de8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e476818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e476818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotel_cramped.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1545\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1afafa1\" data-id=\"1afafa1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236cfe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"236cfe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Sniffers went to stay with friends, that was the hardest part for me.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39be416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39be416\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00ae6b8\" data-id=\"00ae6b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b410b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10b410b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We eventually did get to move back into our house, which was repaired and adjusted to deal better with floods. We even lifted the tool shed up off the ground!\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c0234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42c0234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tool_shed_lifted.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1614\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tool_shed_lifted.png 918w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tool_shed_lifted-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tool_shed_lifted-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/tool_shed_lifted-600x390.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc3c402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc3c402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The flooding returns most years, but we never know how bad it\u2019s going to be.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cbad45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cbad45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc6f8e8\" data-id=\"cc6f8e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77edb4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77edb4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/newspaper_transparent-e1649941751225.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1552\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/newspaper_transparent-e1649941751225.png 826w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/newspaper_transparent-e1649941751225-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/newspaper_transparent-e1649941751225-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/newspaper_transparent-e1649941751225-600x442.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d023c5\" data-id=\"8d023c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42fb476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42fb476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Scientists have now made links between rising temperatures, weather changes and the flooding.<\/h4><h4>They say it\u2019s not a matter of if the floods will continue, but how bad they will get.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c353a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c353a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17abdfc\" data-id=\"17abdfc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521cb3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"521cb3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eca36e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eca36e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Of course, we see other effects, not just the floods. Each summer is hotter than the last. One recent summer, 66 people died in Montreal during a prolonged heatwave.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17474b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17474b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/heat_wave_image.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1544\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a535b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e3a535b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d63d73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d63d73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c28b5ec\" data-id=\"c28b5ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ad18f elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"24ad18f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-3841\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-3841\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">CANADIAN HEAT WAVES<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-3841\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-3841\"><ul><li aria-level=\"1\">In 2021, multiple Canadian temperature records were broken. Most remarkable, 49.6\u00b0C was recorded in Lytton, British Columbia, a temperature that was 4.6 degrees higher than the former Canadian record set in 1937. <br \/><br \/><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">Meanwhile, Montreal in 2021, experienced the hottest August ever recorded. <br \/><br \/><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">In 2018, at least 66 deaths were linked to a heat wave in Montreal.<\/li><\/ul><p>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1bb7e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1bb7e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fe3ebc\" data-id=\"4fe3ebc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-812650c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"812650c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/spring_thaw_sans.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1557\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/spring_thaw_sans.png 1224w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/spring_thaw_sans-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/spring_thaw_sans-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/spring_thaw_sans-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/spring_thaw_sans-600x346.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-484997e\" data-id=\"484997e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50492a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50492a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Some neighbours are leaving the area. I\u2019m not sure I want to \u2013 my friends, my school&#8230;how could we leave everything? But my family\u2019s anxiety before the Spring each year is getting worse.<\/h3><div><h3>While most Montrealers are happy when it starts to get warm, the melting snow and first tulips are a sign that things are about to get bad for us again. My parents get really on edge.<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-642a090 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"642a090\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ac38dc\" data-id=\"5ac38dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a02c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75a02c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our house can no longer be insured, which is scary. So even if we do want to &#8211; or have to &#8211; leave one day, how would we ever sell our house?<\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43baa83\" data-id=\"43baa83\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a59ed79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a59ed79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/for_sale_sign.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1543\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/for_sale_sign.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/for_sale_sign-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/for_sale_sign-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/for_sale_sign-600x437.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e421cda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e421cda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f579fc\" data-id=\"9f579fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428b43f elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"428b43f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6971\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6971\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">FLOOD INSURANCE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6971\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6971\"><ul><li>Most insurance companies do not cover flood damage and if they do, they comprise only zones of low or moderate inundation risk. <br \/><br \/><\/li><li>The government of Quebec offers a buyout program granting house-owners:\u00a0 this program provides compensation for rebuilding (up to a maximum of $200,000) or relocation for a similar amount, plus compensation for the land up to $50,000 (amounts in effect in 2019). However, compensation is time-limited and municipal laws may prohibit reconstruction or even<br \/>repairs in high-risk flood zones.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/inondations-au-quebec-qui-paie-pour-quoi-et-comment-157756\">For more information, read<\/a>: <span lang=\"FR\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/inondations-au-quebec-qui-paie-pour-quoi-et-comment-157756\">Inondations au Qu\u00e9bec : qui paie pour quoi et comment [in French]<\/a><\/u>.<br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc8cd28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc8cd28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e55aa\" data-id=\"a7e55aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2461a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2461a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db07fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7db07fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/money_struggles.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1550\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/money_struggles.png 1224w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/money_struggles-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/money_struggles-1024x694.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/money_struggles-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/money_struggles-600x407.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8698972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8698972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">My parents were planning to use this amount of money for their retirement. Now I hear them having serious talks about money, which they never did before.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e57e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"15e57e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ae5daf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ae5daf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7606896\" data-id=\"7606896\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f28418a elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"f28418a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2541\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2541\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">PREPARING A HOME FOR FLOODING<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2541\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2541\"><p>There are lots of ways to prepare a house for flooding:<\/p><ul style=\"padding-left: 18px;\"><li>Raising up all belongings from basement floor;<\/li><li>Clearing drain ditches around our home;<\/li><li>Clearing snow and ice from catch basins;<\/li><li>Adapting basement;<\/li><li>Drainage systems.<\/li><\/ul><div>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b95cf8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b95cf8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11dba42\" data-id=\"11dba42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310367a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"310367a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/daughter_dad_talk.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1541\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/daughter_dad_talk.png 942w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/daughter_dad_talk-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/daughter_dad_talk-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/daughter_dad_talk-600x437.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3013fe1\" data-id=\"3013fe1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d15d7ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d15d7ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>I asked my dad&#8230; \u201csince the floods will keep coming, will somebody eventually help us? Maybe the city?!\u201d<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h4><h4>He just sighed and said that I should stop worrying, that he and Mom will figure it out. I know that my parents have started talking to a counsellor to help them deal with the stress of this situation.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90001b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90001b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e4ddf5\" data-id=\"2e4ddf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a16961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"2a16961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4411\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4411\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">MONTREAL AND FLOOD PREPARATION<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4411\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4411\"><p>Montreal was rated to be poorly prepared for flooding risks in a report by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation in 2021.<\/p><p>Measures by municipalities to be taken now to improve resilience to flooding include:<\/p><ul style=\"padding-left: 18px;\"><li>Regularly updating the flood mapping;<\/li><li>Making sure all residents are aware that they are living in a flood risk zone (47% are unaware!);<\/li><li>Rigorously enforcing bans on construction in at-risk sectors;<\/li><li>Handing out free sandbags;<\/li><li>Creating an early warning system;<\/li><li>Protecting wetlands and green spaces that can take up water;<\/li><li>Avoiding sealed surfaces (such as large, paved areas);<\/li><li>Giving rivers the space to burst their banks; and<\/li><li>Elevating buildings and free up funds to support and help communities adapt.<\/li><\/ul><p>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4c01e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4c01e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbcfecc\" data-id=\"cbcfecc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5498b21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5498b21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/last_panel_decisions_2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1548\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/last_panel_decisions_2.png 1224w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/last_panel_decisions_2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/last_panel_decisions_2-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/last_panel_decisions_2-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/last_panel_decisions_2-600x346.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab2a8fc\" data-id=\"ab2a8fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d322c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d322c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>But it doesn\u2019t change the fact that there are big, difficult decisions for my family to make about our home.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13f1cc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13f1cc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1cf3e3\" data-id=\"f1cf3e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e96bb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"2e96bb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-4881\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-4881\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-4881\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-4881\"><ul><li>The Quebec flooding did not only cause physical and infrastructural damage, they were also shown to have major impacts on the mental health of affected populations: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usherbrooke.ca\/actualites\/nouvelles\/nouvelles-details\/article\/42622\/\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/a>44% of the citizens whose houses had been inundated suffered from post-traumatic stress symptoms one year after the event, compared to 3% in the rest of the population<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usherbrooke.ca\/actualites\/nouvelles\/nouvelles-details\/article\/42622\/\">.<\/a><\/li><li>Community and clinical approaches to prevent or reduce mental health impacts of extreme weather events in a context of climate change have been developed by Lily Lessard and colleagues. Learn more about this toolkit by watching the following webinar: (in French) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ovq_gqtlX4k\"><i>Les premiers secours psychologiques en cas de d\u00e9sastre: une r\u00e9ponse pour r\u00e9duire la d\u00e9tresse li\u00e9e aux inondations<\/i><\/a> and consulting the <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arica.uqar.ca\/\">Trousse d\u2019interventions pour r\u00e9duire les impacts sur la sant\u00e9 mentale lors des \u00e9v\u00e9nements m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques extr\u00eames dans un contexte de changements climatiques<\/a>.<\/i><\/li><\/ul><div>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Resources page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eafe7c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eafe7c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b88d35\" data-id=\"0b88d35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79d492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"c79d492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2091\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2091\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-info-circle\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">About the Artist<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2091\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2091\"><h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-416 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandy-236x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandy-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/climigrant.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sandy.png 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/>Sandra Dumais<\/h3>\n<p>Sandra Dumais is a Toronto-raised, Montreal-based children\u2019s author and illustrator. Her work focuses on storytelling, drawing from everyday life for inspiration, stories about home, community, and neighbours. Much of her comic-making focuses on mental health and family, pursuing artistic goals, and her love of dogs. She uses paints and digital mediums in her illustration and is always exploring new techniques and materials to use. In 2020, her daily comic \u201cStaying In\u201d detailed her family\u2019s experience of the first 100 days of the global pandemic. The comic was featured on CBC Arts where she was interviewed about the experience of daily comic making. Sign up for news from her at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandradumais.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.sandradumais.com\/about&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1649859917495000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0IBYKAcHGOWBXHeYaWv0Jz\">www.sandradumais.com\/about<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Island, Montreal It affects us all. The &#8220;West Island&#8221; is the unofficial name given to the cities, towns and boroughs at the western end of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. It is generally considered to consist of the municipalities of Dorval, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Beaconsfield, Baie-D&#8217;Urf\u00e9, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the village of Senneville, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1072,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-722","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":146,"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2933,"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/722\/revisions\/2933"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climigrant.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}