Montreal's sewer system was put to the test during an intense deluge that struck the downtown area of the city on Monday.

The downpour dropped 30 cm of water on the downtown and Plateau Mont Royal areas in less than an hour, causing flooding in some buildings and a spectacular sewer geyser on Wolfe St. between Ste-Catherine St. and René Levesque Blvd.

MyNews contributor Andrea Spector sent in this video of a car being sent into the air by a rocket of water exiting a sewer.