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IsabellaLinton
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16 Jul 2024, 1:49 pm

Meanwhile in Toronto -

The city is under water and also has a power blackout for 200,000 customers.


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Paddleboarding, anyone?


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16 Jul 2024, 5:14 pm

[url=Severe Toronto storm causes flooding, major power outages]Severe Toronto storm causes flooding, major power outages[/url]

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A severe storm has left many of Toronto's streets flooded, including the Don Valley Parkway, and about 105,000 customers without power, according to Toronto Hydro.

Crews are working on the outages but do not have an estimated restoration time, Toronto Hydro said. Residents are asked to avoid downed wires and call 911 if they see any.

At its peak Tuesday afternoon, 167,000 customers were without power, Toronto Hydro said.

Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for the city on Tuesday morning with a risk of thunderstorms continuing in the afternoon and evening. The warning was no longer in effect by the early afternoon, however there are still a number of major traffic and transit disruptions to be aware of.

No significant rainfall is expected for the rest of Tuesday, the City of Toronto said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.

The city said it received more than 700 calls to 311 about basement flooding.

Photojournalists across Toronto captured dramatic images of rescues and swamped cars as the city came to a standstill in flood-prone area

'Storm on top of storm' dumped rain
David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the system that brought the rainfall was "unique" from a meteorological perspective.

It was actually a series of separate storms that consecutively drenched the GTA, but particularly the city of Toronto, Phillips said.

"There was a line of storms from London to the west part of Toronto that lined up like a parade, like jumbo jets on the airport tarmac. And there was storm on top of storm coming in one after the other, dropping their load of precipitation," he told CBC News Network.

Meteorologists call what was described above "training thunderstorms"


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16 Jul 2024, 5:18 pm

It reminds me of "snakes on a train".

There was another big flood of the Don River a few years ago and water snakes got into commuter trains and streetcars.


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17 Jul 2024, 5:37 pm

summer?



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17 Jul 2024, 5:56 pm

Yes.


Winter would look more like this, with no snakes:


Don't bother visiting there unless it's May or October.



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18 Jul 2024, 8:09 pm

Summer is dead in Toronto.


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25 Jul 2024, 10:55 am

Climate collapse is for real, everyone. The world has gone to crap and there's not a single thing we can do about it. That's not doomerism, that's the truth. Might as well get the Kool-aid ready. :skull:



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25 Jul 2024, 10:56 am

Apparently the DVP flooded again yesterday.


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