It’s the soggiest April 27 in 150 years as the metro region has broken an all-time daily rainfall record: 50 mm. That has resulted in flooding of streets, rivers, and parks and manhole covers gushing streams of water upward.
There is flooding on Powers Road in the Goulds, the Southside Road from Blackhead Road to Fort Amherst Road, and the pooling of water at the foot of some ramps.
The rain has tapered off since early this morning and winds are easing.
Jill Maepea, a meteorologist from Environment Canada, says total rainfall so far this month is 280 mm making this the rainiest April on record, breaking the old mark of 260.2 set back in 1951.
Waterford river raging this morning thanks to the rainfall in Metro. @VOCMBen @VOCMNEWS #nlwx pic.twitter.com/k80h9P94U1
— Gerri Lynn Mackey (@GerriLynnMackey) April 27, 2021
It looks like the on ramp (that has been closed due to flooding) to Pitts Memorial fr Bay Bulls road will be ready to re open within an hour. @590VOCM @VOCMNEWS @VOCMBen #nltraffic #nlwx pic.twitter.com/jYQLNfTCyK
— Gerri Lynn Mackey (@GerriLynnMackey) April 27, 2021
