After heavy rain, the streets are paved in gold (and red and orange)

The first major rainfall of the season drops an autumn bounty of leaves

Image | Colorful autumn leaves blanket Vancouver

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Sunday night brought a deluge of rainfall that resulted in a blanket of fallen leaves.
Monday morning, Vancouverites went about their day's business surrounded by autumn's colours.

Image | Yellow leaves above and below

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Emily Lefebvre, an East Vancouver mother, is part of a City of Vancouver program(external link) to keep the streets from flooding. After the heavy rain, she and her daughter, Ida, took time to care for their adopted catch basins.

Image | Mother and daughter clear a catch basin of fallen leaves

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Image | Young girl plays in wet leaves and puddles

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The slippery leaves and puddles meant that pedestrians, motorists and cyclists all had to move a little more slowly than usual.

Image | A cyclist braves the slippery leaves and pending rain

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For these youngsters, walking to and from playtime, meant boots, bottles, parkas and umbrellas.

Image | Kids bundled up on a rainy Vancouver fall day

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Image | Young boy bundled up against the chilly rain

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All images by Christian Amundson/CBC