EDMONTON

Social media flooded with photos of Edmonton storm

Karyn Mulcahy CTVNewsEdmonton.ca Journalist

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Published Thursday, July 18, 2019 8:27AM MDT

A car is submerged in floodwater on the Yellowhead on July 17, 2019. (Sean Amato/CTV News Edmonton)

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People took to social media on Wednesday night to post pictures of the storm that hit the Edmonton region.

118th and 129th is pretty flooded #yegwx pic.twitter.com/NjAKOzGJ6M
— "Orbital" Rod Cutlass (@levdir) July 18, 2019

Oh, hi there #yegwx pic.twitter.com/EnDSMTuilQ
— Holly (@holtopia) July 18, 2019

H2O rising in the streets of #Evansdale #YEG. The storm drains are on the higher end of curbs. This entire corner will flood. Smart planning. pic.twitter.com/uQjB3BbLLD
— Michael Dugan (@TxMichaelDugan) July 18, 2019

More vehicles battle backlog of water at 133 St and Stony Plain Road in #Edmonton after storm #yeg #yegwx #yegstorm .. if there’s more like this then Glenora is in trouble pic.twitter.com/rsgcg6cru7
— Joel Gotlib (@JoelGotlibTV) July 18, 2019

Rain flooded streets and even caused residents to be stranded in their vehicles.

Here are the rainfall totals for areas around Edmonton: