Unlike summers past, late July on the Toronto Islands is looking much more desolate than usual.

Drone footage recorded on Tuesday reveals a dramatic bird's-eye view of the Toronto Islands in the wake of flooding during one of the wettest Aprils in the citys history. Record-breaking springtime water levels in Lake Ontario have left nearly 40 per cent of the Toronto Islands underwater as the midway mark of summer nears.

Conditions on Lake Ontario seem to be stabilizing, the City of Toronto said in a statement, with water levels slowly receding.

The footage shows exactly what the island staff, our city staff, have been telling me, which is things are better, Toronto Mayor John Tory told CP24.

Still, Tory says, there are still repairs to be made and conditions could easily be impacted by more rain and wind.

[T]here are some areas that will have to be fenced off; some of the beaches dont even exist anymore, and [city staff] are working hard to get it ready, Tory said.

The first priority: making sure ferry boats can dock safely, given higher-than-normal water levels in Lake Ontario.

"Even at the current conditions it will take several weeks or more for water levels to markedly subside, but efforts are underway to resume park operations as soon as conditions permit," the city's statement reads.

Parts of the Toronto Island Park that have been closed due to flooding are set to reopen as soon as Monday, July 31.

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