How a downpour walloped Toronto: ‘There was a storm on top of a storm’

After 25 years as a transport driver, Jim McCauley thought he’d seen it all. Thunderstorms, snowstorms, bad drivers. You name it.

But that all changed Tuesday after McCauley found himself stranded on the Don Valley Parkway for hours due to flooding from the Don River.

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DVP flooding

The Don Valley Parkway is on the right and the Don River is indistinguishable on the left looking north as heavy rains hammered Toronto on Tuesday morning. 

Many GTA residents were caught off guard by the power of the storm. Vignettes from the day. 

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A number of motorists were stranded on the DVP Tuesday morning as it completely flooded at Dundas street. Several people were rescued from their cars by Toronto fire. 

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