Monday thunderstorm floods roads, halts traffic and transit across Edmonton
View image in full screen Flooding near 73 Avenue and 115 Street in Edmonton’s Belgravia neighbourhood after a thunderstorm on Monday, July 27, 2026. Courtesy: Jonathan Sharek Transit was also impacted after a tree fell on the Valley Line southeast tracks in the Strathearn area, halting the line between the Holyrood and Muttart stops. View image in full screen Flooding shut down the interchange of Connors Road and 98 Avenue in Edmonton after a severe thunderstorm blew through on Monday, July 27, 2026.
- ▪View image in full screen Flooding near 73 Avenue and 115 Street in Edmonton’s Belgravia neighbourhood after a thunderstorm on Monday, July 27, 2026.
- ▪Courtesy: Jonathan Sharek Transit was also impacted after a tree fell on the Valley Line southeast tracks in the Strathearn area, halting the line between the Holyrood and Muttart stops.
- ▪View image in full screen Flooding shut down the interchange of Connors Road and 98 Avenue in Edmonton after a severe thunderstorm blew through on Monday, July 27, 2026.
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Another day, another storm. Three waves of heavy rainfall doused the region Monday afternoon as a line of storm cells swept northeast across central Alberta.Environment Canada said its meteorologists were tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, loonie- to ping pong ball-size hail and very heavy rain.The first wave hit at 1 p.m. over south Edmonton and was moving northeast at 20-30 km/h. The second and third waves swept through over the ensuing hour and a half, dropping enough rain to turn roads into rivers and lakes.Reports of flooding came in from across Edmonton: streets underwater in Belgravia and the University of Alberta area, as well as in newer neighbourhoods like The Alces in the far southeast.
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