Earl Dumps Nearly 200 mm of Rain of Parts on Avalon Peninsula

Earl dumped close to 200 mm of rain on parts of the Avalon Peninsula including metro over the past day-and-a-h...

Earl dumped close to 200 mm of rain on parts of the Avalon Peninsula including metro over the past day-and-a-half, leaving basements and roads flooded and vehicles stranded in knee-deep water.

Waterford Bridge Road in the area of Corpus Christies is closed because of a swollen Waterford River while the underpass below the Robert E. Howlett and Commonwealth Avenue has flooded out. Old Petty Harbour Road is washed out. Traffic heading into downtown St. John’s via Pitts Memorial Drive is being diverted into Kilbride due to water build-up.

A listener sent along this photo of the flooding on Robert E Howlett Memorial Drive this morning. Flooding is even more intense near the overpass. Flooding on parts of Pitts Memorial as well.

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