Edmontonians are cleaning up Monday after a huge hailstorm hit the city Sunday, flooding streets and basements and damaging the West Edmonton Mall.
Edmonton Police spokesman Andy Weiler told globeandmail.com that the situation has settled since Sunday.
"Traffic was a concern for us, there were a few tie-ups," he said of Sunday, when people were able to kayak down some streets because the water was so high.
Mr. Weiler was thankful that there were no injuries or deaths during the storm, which saw hail as large as golfballs and baseballs in some parts of the city.
At the Edmonton Mall, city drains couldn't hold all the water, so it began flowing into the shopping centre during the storm.
" A couple drains that flow into the mall blew because of the pressure. That's where a lot of the water came from," Gary Hanson, general manager and chief operating officer, told globeandmail.com. He said reports that there were actual holes in the roof were incorrect.
There was also a sewer backup in some areas of the mall. Workers broke the glass around the arena to give the water a place to go.
On Monday, workers were trying to clean up the glass and mop up sitting water in the mall. People were sent out of the mall Sunday and the stores were all closed.
But by Monday, 95 per cent of the mall had been re-opened, Gary Hanson, general manager and chief operations officer, of the mall, told globeandmail.com.
"Stores close to the ice rink were flooded and they're currently working on getting rid of the water and they should be up and operating tomorrow," he added. Some ceilings also sustained damage.
The mall's Galaxyland amusement park and water park will likely re-open later Monday afternoon. But the Ice Palace skating rink won't be ready to be used until at least the end of the week, Mr. Hanson said.
He said he cannot discuss an estimate for the total amount of damage to the mall.
In the rest of the city, people were cleaning flooded basements and streets.
The streets were mostly clear by Monday.
Outside the city, two tornadoes hit near the communities of Morinville and Andrew. But there were no reports of injuries from the storms.
David Phillips, an Enviroment Canada meteorologist, told globeandmail.com that in total, the city received 23 millimetres of rain on Sunday. Coupled with five other storms since the beginning of July, Edmonton has received 100 millimetres of rain.
Mr. Phillips said the norm is about 95 for the whole month.
He said the storm system that hit Alberta has weakened somewhat but that the province is still likely to see rain and thundershowers for the rest of the week.
By later Monday, the storm from will have moved off to Saskatchewan and Manitoba and to Thunder Bay, Ont. There is risk of severe thundershowers in those areas Monday and Monday night, but Mr. Phillips said it will not be as damaging as Edmonton's weather.
"It may not be quite the system as it was here."
On Sunday, the deluge swamped major intersections and closed arterial roads, forcing cars into bumper-to-bumper gridlock on side streets. The fire department called in extra pumping crews.
Intersections were turned into tiny lakes, with water lapping against hubcaps and in some cases reaching car roofs.
Homes were flooded and manhole covers blew as sewer systems failed to keep up with the downpour of icy sleet.
look how deep that is!!!!! 
