More rain in Toronto floods DVP, subway station and causes sewage bypass

A 2nd awesome rainstorm successful conscionable 8 days has flooded a cardinal roadworthy again, caused a sewage bypass and disrupted transit successful nan city.

On Wednesday afternoon, a play of dense rainfall fell crossed Toronto, starring to immoderate localized flooding successful areas still recovering from a awesome flood nan week before.

Toronto constabulary said that astir 2:40 p.m., nan Don Valley Parkway astatine nan Bloor Viaduct had flooded, informing drivers to expect delays. One lane was wholly underwater, pinch crews called successful to effort to get nan cardinal recreation artery moving.

Lanes reopened astir 4:30 p.m.

To nan south, lanes connected Lake Shore Boulevard were besides underwater conscionable earlier 3 p.m., though nan h2o levels slow receded complete nan pursuing hr and nan way reopened.

Both routes were closed for hours connected Tuesday, July 16, pinch striking images of nan roadway and vehicles submerged and immoderate drivers rescued from their vehicles.

Elsewhere connected Wednesday, nan flooding caused subway trains not to extremity astatine Osgood Station successful Toronto’s downtown area.

The City of Toronto said dense rainfall had “caused a bypass” astatine 1 of nan city’s sewage curen plans.

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The brief, dense rainfall successful Toronto came aft Environment Canada issued thunderstorm warnings crossed overmuch of confederate and eastbound Ontario and parts of Quebec.

The informing said affected areas could spot torrential downpours pinch arsenic overmuch arsenic 50 millimetres of rainfall falling successful an hour. In addition, upwind gusts could scope speeds of up to 90 kilometres per hr while nan large wind could besides dump nickel-sized hail connected nan area, nan informing said.

The flooding comes conscionable complete a week aft nan metropolis was battered by a historical rainstorm that near thousands without powerfulness and saw Union Station flood, alongside a slew of subway stops.

That time besides saw 97.8 mm autumn astatine Toronto Pearson airport, making it nan 5th rainiest time connected grounds and nan highest rainfall successful a azygous time since July 8, 2013.