Flooding, cars stranded, power out in East York

All across Toronto, and especially it seems right here in South Bayview, the rivers and streams are unable to handle the rain we have had over the past few days. This picture from Twitter shows a vehicle — one of three — and a man rescued from the flooded parking lot of Sunnybrook near Leslie Street and Eglinton Ave. E.  The Don Valley Parkway is closed between the Gardiner and at Don Mills Road. Bayview Ave. is flooded and closed at Bloor St tonight.  And Toronto Hydro has reported that some 3,000 customers are without power near Woodbine Ave. and O’ Connor Road  Conditions seem similar and as unpredictable as July of 2013, when a GO train was half submerged and stranded on tracks beside the river. Tonight, thankfully, there are no trains in the waters of the Don.  But the weather ambushed all sorts of people. Ten kayakers had to be rescued from the Humber River. Police are saying that the Don is an estimated ten feet higher than normal. And there is localized flooding all across Toronto. People who are out tonight may be a while getting home as traffic moves towards the centre of the city where the roads are still open.