Heavy Downpour in Toronto Floods Highways, Knocks Out Power
- Worst single-day rainfall in 11 years in Canada’s largest city
- Commuters wade through ankle-deep water at Union Station
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Heavy rainfall in Toronto flooded highways, shuttered parts of the subway and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of residents on Tuesday.
Canada’s largest city experienced its worst single-day rainfall in 11 years, said Brett Anderson, a meteorologist with commercial-forecaster AccuWeather Inc. There were reports of 75 to 110 millimeters of water (3 to 4 inches) across the area in less than four hours, “which is very serious,” he said.