It was a wet and miserable day throughout Southern Ontario Wednesday as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia continued to track eastward, drenching the London area with a record amount of rainfall.
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The storm is also expected to bring winds gusting up to 70 kilometres an hour.
The deluge moved into South Mississippi a little ahead of dropping an average of 2 to 5 inches of rain starting Sunday.
Forecasters predicted a “large shield of rain” in advance of the system they said would push into southwestern Ontario overnight and move into the Niagara and Toronto regions Wednesday morning.
Rain is expected to become “heavy at times”, says Environment Canada, warning rainfall between 25 mm to 40 mm can be expected in most areas. A deluge in late May overwhelmed saturated areas and caused deadly flooding, and nine inches of rain dumped in parts of Houston this weekend was the most since those spring storms.
As for Wednesday, Taylor said the wind speed will be 50 km/h but higher gusts are expected.
The low-pressure system sweeping through the region formed in the US south, gathering moisture left over from Patricia before heading north and intensifying over the Great Lakes, according to Environment Canada. According to the agency, this system will see moisture from Hurricane Patricia merge with a developing storm over the American Midwest. Corning, Ark., reported a midday total of 1.35 inches of rain. Don’t be surprised to hear a few rumbles of thunder, as a few embedded thunderstorms are possible.
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Halton police said there had been only five accidents since early this morning, including a minor collision near the corner of Brant and Prospect streets shortly after 9 a.m. Other impacts could be pooling on roads due to debris blocking drains.
