Flooding is so bad in and around Toronto someone was seen kayaking in the streets
It was a particularly wet weekend in the Greater Toronto Area, and continued rainfall into Monday means residents can expect flash floods and ponding as a system stalls over the region.
Major flooding occurred in Brampton on Sunday, signalling the start of what is looking to be a very wet week in the GTA.
Perhaps the most ridiculous video to emerge during the weekend flooding was a clip of a kayaker casually paddling (with their hands) along a Brampton street, in what must have felt like the most disappointing version of Venice in history.
Thunderstorms moved through the GTA on Sunday, bringing heavy rains - in some places more than 100mm - and causing some streets and homes to flood.
— NEWSTALK1010 (@NEWSTALK1010) August 22, 2022
Video sent to sister station @CP24 shows a person kayaking on a flooded street in Brampton. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/lnPi1qjZgN
Some roads were completely impassable without some form of watercraft, while drivers took their chances on other flooded streets.
Heavy Rain Causing Floods In Brampton.
— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) August 22, 2022
.#Brampton #rain #storm #onpoli #peel #Toronto #Mississauga #WeatherUpdate #trucking #TruckDriver #flooding pic.twitter.com/l6u8jaA0GJ
Localized flooding persists in Brampton, giving residents a messy start to the work week.
The City of Brampton is warning the public to stay safe around flooded areas and be mindful of the risks posed by fast-moving currents, downed power lines, and sudden erosion.
Brampton is experiencing localized flooding across the city.
— City of Brampton (@CityBrampton) August 22, 2022
To report flooding on municipal roads, blocked storm sewer grates or significant basement flooding, call 311.
Visit https://t.co/s7bzx7wNUl for more information. pic.twitter.com/r5jTTTMQ1f
It's much of the same in Toronto, with Environment Canada issuing a weather statement for the city just after 11 a.m. on Monday, warning of locally heavy rainfall.
"Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms with local rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm are expected. Upgrades to Rainfall Warnings may be required."
Locally heavy bursts of rainfall possible across S ON today as bands continue to spiral in from the northeast behind a low #onstorm pic.twitter.com/k7WDcWpNWc
— Ethan Sacoransky (@blizzardof96) August 22, 2022
"Heavy downpours can cause water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying and urban areas is possible."
Reports of floods around Front Street in downtown Toronto emerged on Monday morning.
Front Street is pretty much a river. Please be courteous to pedestrians. I’ve been sprayed so many times by drivers mostly going too fast for weather conditions
— Anne Marie Aikins (@AMAwithAMA) August 22, 2022
The region will experience a brief break of mid-week sunny weather before the rain returns on Thursday and Friday.
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