Burgeo hit with more than 155mm of rain, parts of central Nfld. confirm 150 mm in storm

Intense rainfalls dumped more than 150 mm of rain in parts of Newfoundland throughout Monday and into Tuesday morning. 

• Multiple states of emergency declared as heavy rains batter central Newfoundland
• WATCH: Video shows flooding damage on Burgeo highway​

"In Burgeo we have 155 mm that were confirmed, that was through yesterday evening," Environment Canada meteorologist Michael Vandenberg told CBC Radio's The St. John's Morning Show.

"Beyond that we don't have any confirmed totals because we believe there might've been an issue with the station in Burgeo."

A trough moving through the island from west to east brought heavy moisture up from the south, Vandenberg said, adding the south coast of the island got the brunt of the storm. 

"In Connaigre, unfortunately, we don't have any observing stations, so we don't have any firm totals for those regions that were heavily impacted. Through central Newfoundland, in places like Millertown, Gander and Badger, [they] received around 150 mm up until present," he said.

"So all in all a pretty wet night."

The storm brought not only rain, but high winds as well. The strong southwesterly winds kept temperatures unseasonably high.

"In Argentia we were up to 20 C well into the night," Vandenberg said.

"But behind this trough we're getting pretty strong northwesterlies, which are obviously cooling everything down pretty significantly."

​Though Vandenberg said the heaviest rainfall has ended, the many communities which declared states of emergencies will still be in recovery mode.