Ottawa sees 50-75 mm of rain in 90 minutes, flooding roads and properties
Ottawa sees 50-75 mm of rain in 90 minutes, flooding roads and properties
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Ottawa, saying Ottawa could see up to 125 mm of rain. The Ottawa climate weather station recorded 75.9 mm of rain today.
Feel like we are just speed running climate change now.
At lunch today, I drove under the train track bridge on Merivale and stopped at the A&W by the Merivale Canadian Tire. Right after I got my food, it started hailing, so I waited for the hail to stop. I probably waited 5-10 minutes. Then I tried to head back, and when I approached the underpass, it was so flooded that cars were stuck in it. I went back to Hunt Club and tried to cross at Woodroffe, but it was even more flooded and also had cars stuck in the flood. I ended up taking Hunt Club all the way to the 416 to head north. Took me 35 minutes to get home in what should have been 5 minutes. It was absolutely insane how much rain we got in just a few minutes.
I read this as “Ottawa sees 50-75 min of rain in 90 minutes” and thought it was an onion article