(J.P. Moczulski)Rescue workers load GO Train passengers on boats after the train was stuck on the flooded tracks during a major rainstorm in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The previous wettest day in July was July 28, 1980 with 118.5 millimetres of rain falling over that day, well over the usual 75 millimetres of rain expected for a summer July day in Toronto.Toronto Star reporter Tess Kalinowski, in her July 9, 2013 article “Wild storm wreaks havoc in GTA: Emergency services, utility companies swamped with calls as residents dealt with backed up drains, overflowing waterways” (page GT1), outlined the impact that fell upon Torontonians the day before: “A deluge of more than 100mm of rain knocked out power and wreaked chaos on the evening commute Monday, forcing some motorists to abandon their cars as flooding washed out roads and suspended service on long stretches of subway and GO lines… The Toronto Police Marine Unit was pressed into service about 9 p.m. to rescue passengers stranded for hours on a 5:30 p.m. Richmond Hill-bound GO train that became stuck on the flooded tracks near the Don River…”Globe and Mail reporters Vidya Kauri and Kaleigh Rogers, writing the article entitled “One-two punch overloads infrastructure: Flash flooding widespread as Toronto area hit with more rain in one day than it normally gets” (Globe and Mail, July 9, 2013, A1), also provided context as to what happened: “Two separate thunderstorms, one right on the heels of the other, delivered more rainfall in Toronto than the city sees on average during the entire month of July. To order presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution to ... 2013 timer 3 min. (For comparative purposes on the southern Alberta flooding, interested readers might also wish to try the following title: Postscript: The debate about climate change and its effects continues as extreme weather events occur with some degree of intensity, even in 2013 alone: The floods in southern Alberta in June 2013, the flooding in the Greater Toronto Area in July 2013, and the ice storm affecting Toronto and other communities in December 2013. This photo, taken from Toronto's commuter GO Train, shows the extend of the flooding. More than eighty Herald journalists--photographers, writers, editors, videographers, researchers and digital producers--became involved in narrating the tale of the flood. Roughly one month after the July 2013 floods, the Insurance Bureau of Canada estimated that insured property damage from the July 8, 2013 weather event was already greater than $850 million.
249 Viewed. To order Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Alta., on Thursday, June 20, 2013. This volume of reported flooding exceeded those received during the August 19, 2005, storm event when over 4,200 basement flooding … Thank you for your patience. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Non-subscribers can read and sort comments but will not be able to engage with them in any way. Raveena Aulakh, environment reporter for the Toronto Star, wrote the article entitled “Likely wettest moment in Toronto’s history” (Toronto Star, July 9, 2013, GT1) in which Environment Canada’s senior climatologist David Phillips was quoted as saying “This is likely the wettest moment in Toronto’s history.” The article continued that more than ninety millimetres of rain was recorded at Pearson International Airport in a two-hour period from 4:30 p.m. onward. Please refresh the page and try again.Live Science is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. [Video: A lingering pattern of warm and humid air likely strengthened the storms as well, said Judy Levan, a warning coordination meteorologist at the U.S. National Weather Service in Buffalo, N.Y."We have a really rich stream of moisture coming up from the Gulf, so this pattern of air hasn't changed much," Levan told LiveScience. TORONTO -- Floods were big newsmakers in 2013, and June's record flooding in Calgary and southern Alberta leads Environment Canada's Top 10 weather stories of the year.