Record rainfall around Toronto signals a future with frequent severe storms: expert
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Saturday's rainfall in Toronto broke a daily record that had been in place since 2013, and experts say climate change means more such downpours will be the norm.
Edwin Steele’s heart sank when he checked the livestream from the security cameras inside his Mississauga business.
Saturday opened with partly sunny skies in many parts of the Greater Toronto Area. But in a matter of minutes, threatening-looking clouds moved in. The downpour that followed was unforgiving.
“I was watching it on the cameras as the water level was rising. It was quite quick. … We got about 18 inches of water here in the shop,” said Steele, principal engineer at Metonics.
The facility, which is located on Queensway East near a creek, housed geotechnical mining equipment and Steele’s car — both of which were submerged.
This is the second time the shop flooded this summer. He estimates losses this time at around $800,000.
“(My reaction was) just disbelief. The fact that it’s happened again, and so soon,” Steele said.
Less than a month after catastrophic flooding in Toronto, parts of the GTA were once again submerged under rainwater Saturday.
Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 128.3 millimetres of rainfall that day, according to Environment Canada.
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