Power outage Toronto: Hundreds of thousands in the dark after flooding [Video]

A weather system that brought record-breaking rainfall to Toronto and neighbouring areas may have passed, but residents are left dealing with the aftermath as highways and roads remain flooded, hundreds of thousands are still without power, and public transit services are impacted.

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Officials have not given specific times when roads will reopen and power will return. Environment Canada said nearly 100 millimetres of rain fell in Toronto within three hours, more than the July precipitation average of 71.6 millimetres.

IN PHOTOS: Massive flooding as storm hits the GTA

Here are the latest updates as the cleanup is underway in Toronto:

6:25 p.m.

Newstalk 1010 morning anchor Stuart McGinn was one of the people stranded on the DVP due to the flood. “It quickly became a drive that you knew was going to be much longer,” McGinn recounted in an interview with CP24.

The radio anchor says he was driving home from work and was on the DVP southbound when …