Rainfall warning continues in Ottawa, eastern Ontario, up to 100 mm of rain expected Friday
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A rainfall warning bringing 50 to 100 millimetres of rain continues to be in effect for Ottawa-Gatineau and eastern Ontario this Friday, as the remnants of Debby move across the country.
A rainfall warning bringing 50 to 100 millimetres of rain continues to be in effect for Ottawa-Gatineau and eastern Ontario this Friday, as the remnants of Debby move across the country.
Environment Canada says on its website "a low pressure system interacting with the remnants of tropical storm Debby is expected to give heavy rainfall for eastern Ontario" Friday.
Environment Canada says while the system passes through Southern Ontario and Quebec Friday, communities between Cornwall, Ont., through Quebec City are prone to the the risk of flash flooding. The agency has also warned that minor landslides are a possibility.
Residents are asked to familiarize themselves with information about flooding by consulting their local Conservation Authority or Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry by visiting the following website: Ontario.ca/floods.Tropical Storm Debby continued to swirl over Georgia and Carolinas on Wednesday. Some coastal cities have received more than 30 cm of rain.
"Even without Debby, the system would've brought us some rain tomorrow," David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada, told CTV News Ottawa Thursday.
"But now with the abundance of precipitation or moisture from Debby, we're going to see significant rain."
Phillips says Friday's heavy downpours could be record-breaking.
