Ottawa receives record breaking rainfall
Posted Jan 12, 2020 02:44:00 PM.
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Ottawa received record breaking rainfall Saturday as rain and freezing rain hit the city.
1310 NEWS weather specialist John Wilson says up until midnight the area saw record rainfall.
” The numbers up to midnight are amazing, we had 43.1 mm of precipitation divided up between rain, and ice pellets and freezing rain and snow.” Wilson says. “That busts an 1895 precipitation record for the date and gets really close to the precipitation record for any day in the month of January.”
City of Ottawa crews worked to clear blocked catch basins to manage possible flooding and treated 6,000 km of roads and 2,300 km of sidewalks.
Good morning #OttCity. Work on drainage concerns continues. Our crews are out treating the 6,000 km of roads and 2,300 km of sidewalks in #OttCity with salt/sand/grit based on changing conditions. #OttWinter pic.twitter.com/TSTEz0rNZ9
— City of Ottawa (@ottawacity) January 12, 2020
#OttCity crews are on the roads, managing drainage concerns due to the record breaking 20 mm of rain. In the event of water pooling, you can report blocked catch basins online: https://t.co/BB2s5ZWRr2. Icy conditions expected to begin tonight, plan accordingly. pic.twitter.com/nOeP3eChBc
— City of Ottawa (@ottawacity) January 12, 2020
Wilson says by the end of Sunday the weather will cool off and stay well below freezing for the rest of the week
