Vancouver is drying out after heavy rain turned some city streets into ponds Sunday night as the downpour overwhelmed leaf-clogged drains and catch basins. Deep puddles rose above the curb, flowed across sidewalks and splashed up against street-level businesses in some areas, including the False Creek, Yaletown, Kitsilano and south Vancouver neighbourhoods. Deep puddles rose above the curb, flowed across sidewalks and splashed up against street-level businesses in some areas, including the False Creek, Yaletown, Kitsilano and south Vancouver neighbourhoods. Vancouver’s manager of engineering services, Jerry Dobrovolny confirmed basements were flooded and some cars were damaged when water rose above the floor boards of vehicles parked in several neighbourhoods. Flooding also affected the lower levels of the Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility, which uses waste thermal energy from sewage to provide space heating and hot water to Southeast False Creek buildings, he said.

Source: thestar October 29, 2018 16:41 UTC