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Wet leftovers from a hurricane which have flooded components of the southern U.S. because the climate system transitioned to a tropical storm are actually headed for Mississauga and different components of the GTA, metropolis officers say.
The warning from Metropolis of Mississauga officers, delivered by way of a put up to social media on Thursday afternoon, comes three weeks after a torrential downpour described as being “more intense than a one-in-100-year storm event” slammed into Mississauga and surrounding areas on July 16.
The remnants of Hurricane Debby “are making their way towards Mississauga tomorrow (Friday),” the town mentioned in a put up to X (previously Twitter). “Currently, the city is expected to receive 25 to 50 mm of rainfall. It never hurts to take precautions and be prepared as the weather can be unpredictable.”
Extra broadly, giant sections of Ontario and Quebec are bracing for heavy rain because the nasty climate from the U.S. rides northward, officers with Atmosphere and Local weather Change Canada mentioned.
Hurricane Debby got here ashore on Florida’s gulf coast 4 days in the past as a class one storm and because it made its manner inland and was downgraded to a tropical storm after which tropical despair, it left many components of the southern U.S. flooded.
It has additionally impacted the japanese U.S. because it makes its manner in direction of Canada. It’s anticipated to be additional downgraded to what’s generally known as “post-tropical” by the point it arrives.
That system can be anticipated to cross paths with a low strain system over the Nice Lakes, leading to doubtlessly extra rainfall.
Many flights into and out of japanese U.S. airports had been additionally impacted by the storm, in line with studies. That would additionally impact flights at Pearson Airport in Mississauga each Thursday evening and Friday.
On July 16, Mississauga obtained a month’s value of rain over the course of some hours that brought about localized flooding in areas throughout the town. Properties, companies and different buildings along with sections of a number of highways had been all overcome with water.
Metropolis officers mentioned Mississauga noticed upwards of 106 mm of rainfall between 8 a.m. and midday on July 16.
At Pearson Airport, an Atmosphere and Local weather Change Canada climate station recorded 122.9 mm of rain at Canada’s largest and busiest airport between July 15 and 16.
And final week, airport officers reported that July 2024 formally grew to become the wettest month in historical past as recorded at Pearson.
(Cowl photograph: Metropolis of Mississauga)
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