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There's a wild amount of water pooled near the airport after yesterday's rain—aerial photos show just how much standing water we're dealing with across the region right now.
A small paddling club in Riverdale lost its entire boat fleet and dock to the North Saskatchewan River in the last 24 hours after the heavy rain. The dock survived higher water before, but not this time—feels bad for this local community that actually uses the river.
there's a glizzy stand set up outside the legislature building right now if you need a quick bite between meetings or walking around downtown.
Edmonton's tracking one of the five wettest Junes in recorded history right now. all that rain we've been getting is actually historic — check the weather data if you're wondering why everything's soaked.
someone spotted two people loading landscaping rocks into their car at 3 am near 142 St & 153 Ave — the city had left them there for a future trail project. they had shovels and a hatchback, and yeah, they were definitely not city workers.
The North Saskatchewan is flowing at over 1070 cubic metres per second — about 2 metres higher than normal. That's a lot of water moving fast.
After the rain stopped, swarms of mosquitoes are everywhere. If you're heading outside, bring bug spray — seriously.
A bright thing appeared in the sky today for the first time in days and it hurt to look at. Edmonton residents are reporting unprecedented sun exposure.
Sump pumps all over the city are going into overdrive. One local's pump jumped from running maybe once a month to firing every 8-15 minutes. Anyone else tracking theirs?
Edmonton weather nerds are tracking some wild numbers from this weekend's deluge. Stony Plain hit 210.5 mm for the month (vs. the all-time June record of 216.5 mm from 1914), and this weekend alone some stations recorded over 120 mm. The airport's at 167.7 mm and climbing — for context, the entire first five months of this year only saw 90 mm.
Flooding your basement every few years? One Edmonton family swears by carpet tiles over concrete — they pull them up, run the humidifier to dry everything out, let the tiles air for a week, then put them back down. Plus if there's a spill, you just replace that one tile instead of dealing with wall-to-wall damage.
All the rain hitting Edmonton has locals thinking about sump pump maintenance. A Reddit user posted asking for company recommendations and cost estimates for a maintenance visit — turns out plenty of people are in the same boat and looking for reliable options.
If you're hearing your sump pump humming non-stop this morning, that's normal — heavy rain overnight is pushing basement water systems to the limit across Rivers Edge, The Uplands, and Stillwater. City's asking everyone to reduce water use ASAP.
Traffic is heavy on 106 heading toward 97th as of late Sunday evening — expect delays if you're heading that way.
Dogs are missing in west Edmonton. If you live in the area, keep an eye out and check local community boards for details.
not everyone's complaining about the downpour. at least one Edmontonian says they love this much rain and feel bummed when the sun comes up because it might dry out.
A dozen police vehicles and RCMP units raced westbound on 118th from Victoria Trail around 7:30 am Sunday, lights and sirens going. No details yet on what went down.
Someone posted a photo of what looks like wet spaghetti all over the sidewalk—except it's actually thousands of earthworms. The rainfall brought them all to the surface at once.
People woke up at 4 am Sunday dealing with water infiltration in basements all over the city. The ground's completely saturated and has nowhere else to go—this rain needs to stop.
A friendly husky got loose around 72 Ave and 113 Street and got caught near McKernan school in the rain. Animal Care & Control has him now—no tag, no microchip, but clearly someone's loved pup.
