Toronto Thunderstorms: Flooding, Blackouts, Havoc Throughout The City
Thunderstorms in Toronto cause flash flooding, cutting power to at least 300,000 in Canada's largest city, shutting down subways, and leaving about 1,000 passengers stranded for hours on a commuter train filled with gushing water.
By Sadho Ram — 09 Jul 2013, 01:10 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
Severe thunderstorms cause flooding, blackouts, havoc on roads around GTA
A woman gets gets out of her car to check it in flood water on Lakeshore West during a storm in Toronto on Monday, July 8, 2013.
Image via theglobeandmail.comA heavy thunderstorm system deluged the GTA, leading to washed out roads, localized flooding and power outages.
Environment Canada said some parts of the GTA had been drenched with more than 100 millimetres of rain, trouncing the previous one-day rainfall record of 29.2 mm in 2008 for Toronto and even beating the 74.4 mm monthly average for July.
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