Rapper Drake shared a video of murky water flooding his Toronto mansion as heavy rain inundated parts of Canada on Tuesday and knocked out power to thousands of customers.
The "One Dance" singer shared a video on his Instagram story showing what appeared to be a vanity room and closet filled with brown muddy water. He then walked toward the hall, sloshing through the ankle-deep water.
He jokingly captioned his clip: “This better be Espresso Martini.”
Severe weather lashed New York state and Toronto on Tuesday.
Nearly 4 inches of rain fell in pockets across Toronto, home to 3 million people, prompting flooding Tuesday.
The heavy storms left 167,000 customers without power at its peak, led to road closures and resulted in more than 700 calls about basement flooding, the city said in a news release.
Toronto Pearson International Airport reported Tuesday was the fifth-wettest day ever recorded at the airport, with 3.8 inches of rain, setting a daily rainfall record.
Meanwhile, first responders were busy, processing nearly 1,700 calls for service and dispatching to nearly 500 incidents from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — including elevator rescue calls, water calls and rescues from cars and buildings due to the significant rain, Toronto Fire Services said on X.
Environment & Climate Change Canada, the country’s department responsible for environmental programs, said Wednesday morning that no significant rain was forecast and that flooding continued in various low-lying waterfront parks and on Toronto Island, with water expected to recede in the coming days. As of Wednesday morning about 3,200 customers were without power, and crews were working to reopen roads.
In nearby New York, at least four tornadoes touched down overnight, and one person died as hundreds of thousands of customers were left without power. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency across the state Tuesday, noting that central New York, Mohawk Valley and the Southern Tier had been hardest hit. More storms and heavy rain were forecast for New York on Wednesday.
Drake’s home, which he calls “The Embassy,” was designed by the Canadian architectural and interior designer Ferris Rafauli.
The 50,000-square-foot fortress includes an NBA-size indoor basketball court, a recording studio, an awards room, an indoor swimming pool, modern art deco interiors and a chandelier featuring more than 20,000 pieces of Swarovski crystal, according to an April 2020 Architectural Digest profile.
“Because I was building it in my hometown, I wanted the structure to stand firm for 100 years. I wanted it to have a monumental scale and feel,” Drake told Architectural Digest. “It will be one of the things I leave behind, so it had to be timeless and strong.”