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Hi everyone, today I am going to talk about a disaster that happened in Toronto It's the most costly natural disaster in the GTA area, On July 8th, Toronto experienced the greatest amount of rainfall in one day ever recorded in the city. About 126 millimeters of torrential rain hit the ground. The storm flooded roads and basements, and a thousand went to bed without power that night.
Flooding also caused a full shutdown of the city. The Don Rivers banks were at risk of fallout while police wanted drivers to lead clear of Highways 427,401 and 27 because of the disaster.
1,400 people were held by the flooding aboard a northbound Go Transit train and it took police and firefighters took about seven hours to ferry everyone to dry ground aboard small inflatable boats.
There are many insurance companies that are raising rates because of the increase in weather-related claims. The effect of the flood will be much worse if the governments did not act after the disaster of Hurricane Hazel, an equatorial storm that hit Toronto in 1954.
Also, the storm of 2013 shows that Toronto’s urban environment is still oversensitive to damage from flash floods, I think this disaster will become more common in upcoming years.
The disaster of Toronto in 1954 Hurricane Hazel creates a lot of damage but the flood of July 2013 did not create more damage to life and property because the local governments converted previous residential lands into parks and legislated zoning bylaws to ensure homes would not be built on lands at risk of severe flooding.
At the meeting of July 16,17,18 and 19 2013, the City council passed several resolutions related to the disaster Council directed staff to complete an estimate of the damage caused by the storm, request financial assistance from the provincial and federal governments for damage to property and to report back on options for rising investment in infrastructure for Toronto water and Toronto Hydro.
The reason for this report is to:
Finally, the damage from the July storm was estimated at $65.2 million, according to the city of Toronto, and the city reminds residents that every home should have the basic supplies for emergencies.
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