- Drake shared a video of his flooded mansion in Toronto, on his official page on Wednesday.
- An unidentified man is seen in the viral video pushing against glass doors as water rushes from one room to another.
A recent torrential rainstorm hit Toronto, causing significant flooding and power outages across the city.
The heavy rainfall, which exceeded the average monthly rainfall for July, resulted in flooding in various areas, including the home of Canadian rapper Drake.
Drake shared a video on social media platform showing the flooding at his Toronto mansion, known as The Embassy.
The footage revealed water filling the floors of several rooms, with a person, presumably Drake, attempting to hold back the water with a broom.
The extreme weather event led to power outages affecting over 167,000 homes, with many areas experiencing difficulties.
The city of Toronto urged residents to report any basement flooding and exercise caution when cleaning up.
David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada told BBC that “This is the new reality. It used to be river flooding but now it is urban flooding.”
In another news, Within Nigeria recalls how flood reportedly hits parts of Lagos eliciting reactions from online users.
It is no longer news that Nigerians in various parts of the country have been dealing with the issue of flood which has gotten some people displaced as the case may be.
Recall that popular actor and comedian, Williams Uchemba raised alarm over the increasing water level at the third mainland bridge.
In a recent development, blogger Tunde Ednut shared a video of some partly flooded areas in Lagos which has now stirred panic in both celebrities and other netizens.
Captioning the video, Tunde wrote:
“Wow! They said this is Banana Island, but this looks like Osborne Phase 2. Omo see flood? This one na the rich also cry Ooo! Someone should please confirm to me in my DM if you live in Banana Island.
Most of myFollowers no dey live for Banana Island sha ???????????? So I might not get a quick report.”
