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<\/p>\nA powerful Saturday evening thunderstorm flooded several city streets and intersections, resulting in numerous road closures and a high volume of calls to police.<\/p>\n
According to Environment Canada’s Edmonton Blatchford reporting station, the storm dumped a total of 29.9 mm of rain between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m..<\/p>\n
There are currently two road closures due to the storm at the onramp at 178 Street and Whitemud Drive westbound; and Groat Road northbound from the Rivery Valley Road interchange to 107 Avenue.<\/p>\n
The City of Edmonton is also warning drivers to avoid several areas due to flooding such as Connors Road under the 98 Avenue Bridge; and 127 Avenue under the CN bridge and 107 Avenue under the Groat Road bridge.<\/p>\n
“The storm resulted in temporary road closures, localized flooding, downed trees and power outages at intersections,” the city said in a Sunday statement. “Crews continue to work on reopening roads, clear trees and debris, assess damage and clear water.”<\/p>\n
Yesterday evening, the city warned there were several flooding locations on the Yellowhead Trail and Whitemud Drive. Just before 11 p.m., the Edmonton Police Service said they were experiencing an “exceptionally high volume of 911 calls” impacting response and wait times.<\/p>\n
Fallen tree branches were also seen in a central Edmonton neighbourhood on 111 Street and 103 Avenue on Sunday morning. Edmonton Transit Services said Sunday morning they are experiencing “city-wide delays” due to road closures and flooding.<\/p>\n
Just before 11 a.m., the City of Edmonton said several major roadways were reopened, including Groat Road, Connors Road and 127 Street.<\/p>\n
“We ask Edmontonians to use caution while driving, or using the active transportation system, as City crews and EPCOR crews are working at various sites to clear debris, assess damage and clear water,” the city said in a Sunday afternoon update.<\/p>\n
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Standing water collects in a field at William Hawrelak Park in Edmonton, AB, on Sunday, July 26 after a severe evening thunderstorm tore the region.<\/p>\n
The storm also forced KDays to close for the evening. Guests who were unable to leave the grounds during the storm were able to shelter in place inside the Edmonton Expo Centre.<\/p>\n
Videos posted to social media show thousands of people attending the Post Malone concert at Commonwealth Stadium fleeing their seats due to the storm and sheltering inside the stadium concourse. The concert was abruptly cancelled.<\/p>\n
Editor’s Note: If you have photos or video of last night’s storm, send them to edm-feedback@postmedia.com<\/a>, and we will include them in this story.<\/p>\n ctran@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n Bookmark our website and support our journalism:\u00a0Don’t miss the news you need to know \u2014 add\u00a0EdmontonJournal.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0EdmontonSun.com<\/a>\u00a0to your bookmarks and\u00a0sign up for our newsletters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today:\u00a0The Edmonton Journal<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0The Edmonton Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A powerful Saturday evening thunderstorm flooded several city streets and intersections, resulting in numerous road closures and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,194743,23752,232971,17443,289267,64756],"class_list":["post-827975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-city-streets","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-expo-centre","tag-edmonton-police-service","tag-edmonton-transit-services","tag-road-closures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827975","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=827975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}