Mississauga residents grapple with aftermath of weekend thunderstorm and heavy rain

pumping out water 2 days after all that rain this msaga condo apartment building is dry up top but its underground parking garage is drenched some cars below damaged by Saturday storm what do you think of all this flooding what can you think about that's for the god this video shows the magnitude of the downpour a police car parks on the median as the water washes along the road and nearby small businesses a river of rain people here just went through another big flood lot of damage this is the second time it is happening in a month next door the owners of perfect Furniture have Deja Vu it's getting worse and worse I don't know why their store was flooded in July as well we have a carpet put on the underneath so uh you know when the water starts coming in the carpet gets wet and the the very high risk of the furniture getting the mold the city says it received as much as 276 mm of rainfall between Sunday storm and one in July claiming the damage would have been much worse but for the storm water infrastructure system which it says prevented the city from being washed away a statement a Miss Saga spokesperson told us the city is committed to maintaining the storm water system in good working order and to undertake necessary improvements and repairs as required while we cannot influence the weather we can take steps to ensure our infrastructure is planned constructed and maintained to manage flooding events with this happening frequently maybe we have to you know fix something in future the cost of repairs is adding up at the furniture store we changed the carpet we spent $110,000 for changing the carpet but still and now it's a mess it's a mess again while everyone has Insurance filing a claim doesn't always make Financial sense given deductibles and the prospect of higher premiums back at the nearby apartment Joseph dodged any damage because he Parks his car outside not underground so you were lucky your car didn't get wrecked no that's okay

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