Today’s rain has caused serious flooding in Burlington.
Early this afternoon, Environment Canada issued a Flood Outlook, later upgrading it to a Flood Watch – warning that as much as 60 mm of rain was possible.
The road near Guelph and Fairview is partially submerged. Spencer Reece Jones/Facebook
Just after 1 p.m., floods occurred near Brant and Tyandaga. Flooding was also reported in the area of New Street, east of Appleby.
Fairview Street, between Appleby and Walkers, was flooded with muddy water as well.
(Video credit: Ambar Gordon/Facebook)
The Leon’s furniture store on North Service is closed due to flooding inside the store.
(Video credit: Jennifer Alfor/Facebook)
Brant and Tyandaga saw serious flooding as well, as water rushed down the road.
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Halton police are warning drivers that multiple roads and intersections in Burlington are flooded, and stormwater systems are overwhelmed due to rain.
BurlingtonHydro added the flooding, and fallen tree limbs, caused a number of outages across town. Approximately 350 customers in the Pinedale neighbourhood are impacted by an outage caused by a fallen tree branch.
Following the storm earlier today, there are a number of outages in the City. Crews are investigating the cause of each. The ETRs are not known at this time. More information to follow.
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— Burlington Hydro (@BurlingtonHydro) July 15, 2024
Crews are currently working to restore power.
The city of Burlington posted important flooding information on social media just before 4 p.m.
Important flooding information:
– Report flooding on roads: 905-335-7777 or [email protected].
– If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.
– Basement flooding, call 3-1-1 for Halton Region response.
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— City of Burlington (@cityburlington) July 15, 2024
