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Canadian rapper Drake shared a video of himself walking through what appears to be flooded area. Toronto The city was hit by torrential rains, causing widespread flooding and power outages, after which the mayor’s mansion collapsed on Tuesday.
“This is supposed to be an espresso martini,” Drake said. joked on Instagram. The video also shows brown, murky water flowing into the room. Drake’s home, known as “The Embassy,” is located in Toronto’s upscale Bridle Path neighborhood.
Canada’s largest city, Toronto, saw more rain than the average for July fall in a four-hour period on Tuesday, flooding city roads, closing highways and subway stations and leaving tens of thousands of people without power.
More than 97 millimetres (about 3.82 inches) of rain was recorded at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The airport wrote on Tuesday afternoonIt was the fifth-wettest day on record. Tuesday also broke the previous record for rainfall, set in 1941 on July 16, when 25.9 mm (1 inch) fell at the airport, the agency said.
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On July 16, 2024, heavy rain hit Toronto, leaving drivers stranded.
Record-breaking storms have wreaked havoc in parts of the Caribbean and North America this summer. Hurricane Beryl, the fastest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, caused widespread damage in Grenada and Jamaica this month, killing at least nine people. It caused flooding, rain and strong winds in Texas.
Beryl knocked out power to more than 2.5 million homes in Texas and Louisiana and killed at least eight people.
The Toronto Fire Department said it responded to about 1,700 calls and was dispatched to about 500 incidents between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. According to a statement posted on XHeavy rains caused more than 50 elevator rescues and more than 20 people needed to be rescued from cars and buildings.
The storm caused 167,000 Toronto Hydro customers to temporarily lose power, according to the power analysis firm. Here’s the latest information from the city.
Photos showed cars floating on a highway on the city’s east side, and rain leaking through the ceiling of City Hall. The Toronto Star reported. Meanwhile, a pedestrian tunnel linking air travellers to the island’s Billy Bishop Airport was flooded. The airport announced on X date.
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A pedestrian dodges water spray from a passing car in downtown Toronto on July 16, 2024.
Scientists have long warned that extreme weather events affecting countries around the world are becoming more frequent as the climate crisis accelerates.
“We have to get really serious about climate change because days like this are going to become a lot more common,” said Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. Press conference.
Chow added that Toronto’s aging infrastructure makes it more vulnerable to flooding.
