Toronto floods: Heavy rainfall prompts nursing home evacuation in Mississauga

Flooding in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) prompted the evacuation of a nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., with more than a hundred residents and dozens of employees caught inside.

Emergency responders were deployed to Tyndall Estates Retirement and Nursing Home after a nearby creek overflowed its banks, causing extensive flooding in the parking lot and on the main floor of the building. The flooding forced 114 residents and more than 50 staff members to find safety upstairs.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS), fire officials and paramedics were on standby for hours, waiting for the water to recede enough to enter the nursing home and evacuate the building.

Global’s Catherine McDonald has more.

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[sergeymogurenko]

Everybody stay safe. First Responders are the greatest people. Huge respect and Thanks to them. Great job guys saving lives.

[MizrahiChick]

Always grateful to our first responders . Heroes.

[allisonfagan]

So proud of my niece Mary Kate, a Peel paramedic, who worked her 12 hour shift evacuating these elderly patients, many with dementia who were understandably confused by the events. MK was exhausted but very impressed with the system that had been established by the rescue teams and staff at the home. Heroes!

[mariasalvador]

it's a very old building, near creek.

[RedRose-ilxj]

retirement home? or nursing home? big difference - which is it?

[Lazareths]

Catherine looks like she broke out of nursing home to report on this 😂

[saxonthegermanshepherd]

It’s no big deal. They send in the women’s division.

[orphaotheseeker]

Our infrastructure needs to be updated in order to deal with this kind of water volume, because this is the new norm and will happen again.

[georgesimon]

Infrastructure is only getting worse. Wonder why

[rajupodiyan]

Struggling people for make the situation normal!

[rafial]

Bankrupt crime city adds another title

[fettersofdromi]

These staff did everything right. Stayed with the residents and got them evacuated. I'm still haunted by nursing home residents being abandoned during COVID.

[jutabursey]

There are no young people in e ret or nursing home Lady!

[surita]

You all need to read about cloud seeding that's what they are doing and why we're getting all this rain in the summer not normal... wake up everyone

[JeffroFarriseo]

I will instantly give my money to the government to fight this awful result in climate change. God bless everyone in this terrible situation.