Heavy storms rolled across western Quebec overnight, causing flooding in some areas as well as landslides and some fires.

INDEPTH: Forces of nature

In La Tuque, 100 kilometres north of Shawinigan, a state of emergency was declared after heavy rains washed out part of a road along the St-Maurice River.

The rain caused the road to collapse in three places.

A truck was caught in one of the landslides but no one was hurt, said Réjean Gaudreault, the mayor of La Tuque.

Officials say soil saturation and high water levels have them worried that more landslides may be unavoidable.

In Laval, meanwhile, a lightning strike is being blamed for a fire that heavily damaged a residential construction site, destroying some of the six homes in the area.

People were already living in two of the houses while four others were still under construction.

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