Thunderstorm brings chaos to Toronto
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July 10, 2013, Wednesday
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A severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding in Toronto, cutting power to at least 300,000 in Canada's largest city, shutting down subways, forcing some people to cling to trees and leaving about 1,400 passengers stranded for hours on a commuter train filling with water.
Canada's weather service said some parts of the city recorded more than 10 centimeters of rain in the Monday evening storm, easily beating the previous one-day rainfall record of 3.6 centimeters in 2008.
Toronto police and firefighters used small inflatable boats to rescue commuters from a 10-car, double-decker commuter train that stalled in floodwaters that reached the lower windows. Water came through the floor of the carriages, sending passengers fleeing to the upper decks
A spokeswoman for the Ontario government's transit authority said power was shut off. The train was carrying about 1,400 passengers.
"There's a full-on river on either side of us ... We. Are. Stuck. Hard," passenger Jonah Cait wrote on Twitter.
Emergency officials said five or six people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
All of Toronto's subway service was temporarily halted due to power and signal issues. Some stations were also flooded.
Local electric company Hydro One said about 300,000 people in the west end of the Greater Toronto Area were without power due to "significant flooding" at two transmission stations.
Canada's weather service said some parts of the city recorded more than 10 centimeters of rain in the Monday evening storm, easily beating the previous one-day rainfall record of 3.6 centimeters in 2008.
Toronto police and firefighters used small inflatable boats to rescue commuters from a 10-car, double-decker commuter train that stalled in floodwaters that reached the lower windows. Water came through the floor of the carriages, sending passengers fleeing to the upper decks
A spokeswoman for the Ontario government's transit authority said power was shut off. The train was carrying about 1,400 passengers.
"There's a full-on river on either side of us ... We. Are. Stuck. Hard," passenger Jonah Cait wrote on Twitter.
Emergency officials said five or six people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
All of Toronto's subway service was temporarily halted due to power and signal issues. Some stations were also flooded.
Local electric company Hydro One said about 300,000 people in the west end of the Greater Toronto Area were without power due to "significant flooding" at two transmission stations.
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