Flooding snarls traffic in parts of GTA after heavy rain overnight
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The City of Toronto and emergency services in the Greater Toronto Area are warning of flooding and road closures on Thursday after heavy rain hit part of southwestern Ontario.
Steeles Avenue East at Silver Star Boulevard in Scarborough is currently closed due to flooding, according to the City of Toronto.
The city also said Bayview Avenue is closed between Rosedale Valley Road and Pottery Road while crews respond to flooding from the Don River. Detours are in place.
People should stay away from shorelines, rivers and streams, the city said in an email to CBC Toronto. Drivers are advised to leave extra time for their commute.
All lanes at the northbound ramp on Highway 427 at Rexdale Boulevard and Derry Road in Toronto are closed, the Ministry of Transportation said in a post on X Thursday.
Torbram Road from Rena Road to Highway 407 in Mississauga, and Intermodal Drive west of Goreway Drive in Brampton are also both closed due to flooding, Peel police said on Thursday.
Brampton Fire said there is a "large emergency response" near Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue East due to localized flooding.
"Water rescue team deployed with a successful and safe patient removal," Brampton Fire said in a post on X on Thursday morning.
Peel paramedics said they were called to the area around 5 a.m. after reports of a man in the water. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Parts of the GTA are under a fog advisory Thursday morning after Environment Canada earlier lifted rainfall and freezing rain warnings for much of the region.
Dense fog in the early morning may result in near-zero visibility in Toronto, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Mississauga, Brampton, Halton Hills and Milton, the advisory reads.
"Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility in some locations," the advisory read.
Environment Canada lifted a rainfall warning for Toronto on Thursday morning after heavy rain fell overnight. The federal weather agency had said the city could see between 30 and 50 millimetres of rain and up to 75 millimetres in some areas if thunderstorms hit those areas repeatedly.
"The ground, already near saturation, has little ability to absorb further rainfall," Environment Canada said in the warning.
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