Toronto storm: here’s how much rain fell on Tuesday [Video]

In the span of three hours, Toronto was hit by three thunderstorms, bringing a record amount of rain that caused massive flooding across the city, according to a senior meteorologist with Environment Canada.

“July is typically the second rainiest, second wettest month. Well we had 25 per cent more rain in three hours than we’d have normally in the whole month of July with all the thunderstorms and systems that moved through,” Meteorologist Dave Phillips said in an interview with CP24 Tuesday afternoon.

This aerial image shows vehicles that were abandoned on the Don Valley Parkway amid flooding on July 16. (CP24)

According to Environment Canada, Toronto usually sees 71.6 millimetres of rain for the whole month and Phillips said 96 millimetres of rain was already recorded at Toronto Pearson Airport as of 2:30 p.m. The storm also broke the previous rainfall amount for July 16 documented in 1941, when 25.9 millimetres of rain fell.

“Three thunderstorms in three hours with heavy rains. Now, in …