Commuters will be hampered by delays Wednesday morning as the city deals with the aftermath of Tuesday night’s heavy rain and flash floods. The TTC reports that service is down between Finch West and Wilson stations on Line 1, due to flooding. Shuttle buses are currently running.Residents are waking up to heavy flooding, power outages, and structural damage, especially around the areas of Lower Simcoe St. and Lake Shore Blvd., and Jane St. and Wilson Ave. After Environment Canada put out a special weather statement warning that some areas of the city could receive 100mm Tuesday evening, the forecast predicts more rain, with a 60 per cent chance of showers on Wednesday.Power was restored to North York hours after a massive outage early Tuesday evening. Toronto Hydro lost their power supply from Hydro One around 9:30 p.m. due to an issue at the Finch Transmission Station, putting 16,000 in the dark initially. At 11:30 p.m., power was restored. Toronto Hydro continued to respond to scattered power outages across North York, and some in Corktown, until Wednesday morning. Twitter users posted videos and photos showing streets that look more like rivers in places. Some roads are completely underwater, and police and emergency services responded to numerous calls regarding flooding. Fire Services reported experiencing a 98% increase in the number of calls they recieved last night in comparison to the typical call volume. Police reported that two people were rescued from the basement of a building at Alliance Ave. and Rockcliffe Blvd. around 11 p.m., where they were stuck inside a flooding elevator. Water levels had reached six feet, and the two men had only a foot of air space in which to breathe. Both reportedly had minor injuries and were treated on scene.Across the city, multiple cars remain trapped in floodwater, with many occupants having to be extracted from vehicles on Tuesday. On Wilson Ave. near Keele St., three vehicles got stuck in the rising water aro ...
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