Here's a look at the scenes from the flash flooding in Ottawa
Heavy rain soaked Ottawa on Thursday, flooding roads, properties and sidewalks across the city.
The Ottawa climate weather station recorded 48 mm of rain in one hour. Environment Canada said on Friday that parts of Ottawa saw between 31.5 mm and near 100 mm of rain on Thursday, with nearly 100 mm of rain reported in Carleton Heights and the Riverside area.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the photos and videos from the storm that hit Ottawa.
Flash flooding was reported on roads across the city of Ottawa, forcing the temporary closure of several roads, the lower level of St. Laurent Shopping Centre and the Costco in Ottawa's south end.
Heavy rain flooded the underpass along Merivale Road at Colonnade Road on Thursday. Several drivers were forced to temporarily abandon their vehicles until the water receded. (Colwyn Balmer/viewer submission)
An OC Transpo bus passes through the flooded Queensway Station on Thursday. Heavy rain caused flooding across the city of Ottawa. (Emma Hubbard/viewer video)
A parking lot in the area of Bank Street and Riverside Drive is flooded following Thursday's storm. Several vehicles in the parking lot are submerged in water. (Natalie van Rooy/CTV News Ottawa)
Heavy rain flooded Halifax Drive in Ottawa, with several vehicles stopped on the road. (Viewer Steve Larocque/submitted)
People help push a car out of floodwaters on Industrial Ave. during Thursday's storm in Ottawa.
People walk through flood waters on Meadowlands Drive in Ottawa during Thursday's storm. (Jim O'Grady/CTV News Ottawa)
Vehicles make their way along the flooded Industrial Rd. at Trainyards during heavy rain on Aug. 10, 2023.
Cars parked on a flooded stretch of Fisher Avenue, near Meadowlands Drive, in Ottawa during Thursday's storm. (Jim O'Grady/CTV News Ottawa)
Several drivers were stranded on Merivale Road near Colonnade Road during Thursday's severe storm. Heavy rain flooded the underpass along Merivale Road. (Colwyn Balmer/viewer submission)
Road flooding on Centrepointe Drive in Ottawa's west end. (Christine/Newstalk 580 CFRA listener submission)
Several cars submerged in water near Walkley Road in Ottawa's east end during Thursday's storm. More than 60 mm of rain fell in three hours on Thursday afternoon. (Newstalk 580 CFRA listener)
A driver abandoned this vehicle on Meadowlands Drive during heavy rain on Thursday. The vehicle was towed away by officials as the flood waters receded. (Coun. Sean Devine/Twitter)
A tow truck tows a vehicle from the flooded underpass along Woodroffe Avenue at Knoxdale on Thursday. Heavy rain forced the city to close a section of Woodroffe Avenue. (City of Ottawa Traffic Cameras)
Staff document the leak at Parliament Station during heavy rain in Ottawa on Aug. 10, 2023. (Connor Thompson/CTV Viewer)
Ottawa police block a road at Ottawa Train Yards during heavy rain on Thursday. (Viewer photo)
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