{"id":526294,"date":"2026-03-10T07:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:24:10","slug":"significant-rainfall-for-toronto-possible-this-week-environment-canada-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526294\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Significant&#8217; rainfall for Toronto possible this week, Environment Canada says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto could see a &#8220;significant&#8221; amount of rain this week with potential flooding in low lying areas, Environment Canada says.<\/p>\n<p>The federal weather agency issued a special weather statement for Toronto on Monday afternoon, calling for 20 to 40 millimetres of rain. <\/p>\n<p>The rain is expected to begin Tuesday night and continue through Wednesday. Higher amounts of rain are possible in areas that receive thunderstorms, the federal weather agency said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The saturated or frozen ground will have little ability to absorb this rainfall,&#8221; Environment Canada said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the forecast, a series of low-pressure systems will lead to the rainfall across parts of southern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Heavy downpours may cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible,&#8221; Environment Canada said.<\/p>\n<p>The federal weather agency said it may issue rainfall warnings for some areas as the low pressure systems get closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-526294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}