What! Flashflood in British Columbia, Canada?

Photo scanned from the front-page of the newspaper The Leader, January 19 issue: "The drenching continues"

Not that I'm sweet lemoning, but I'm just letting my family and friends in the Philippines know that flashflood also occur in the first-world country where I am.

Staff reporter Sheila Reynolds writes:

"The relentless downpour that drenched the region Monday and extended into Tuesday caught some motorists by surprise and snarled traffic in many areas of the city.

"Localized flooding was reported in many parts of Surrey, including on 152 St. near 76 Ave., by Surrey Lake, where cars were unable to make it through the more-than-foot-deep waters Monday afternoon——"