Thousands left without power after storms swept through southern Ontario
Posted Jul 25, 2022 01:44:00 PM.
A severe thunderstorm swept through much of southern Ontario Sunday evening, knocking out power to thousands of hydro customers.
Parts of the province saw a downpour of rain and a light show in the sky. At its peak, Hydro One’s outage map showed nearly 40,000 customers without power as of midnight Monday.
That number fell dramatically overnight, with nearly 13-thousand customers affected by outages as of 3 a.m. According to Toronto Hydro’s website, there were around 1,000 and 5,000 outages in the city.
OPP East Region said during the night officers were responding to “numerous calls” of storm-related damage along Highway 7, in Marmora, Madoc, north of Tweed. The Northern Tornadoes Project says “it appears one or more tornadoes have caused extensive damage” in the area.
There have been no reported injuries.
Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm watches for a large swath of southern Ontario, including the entirety of the Greater Toronto Area. All warnings and watches have since been lifted.
The agency said this line of severe thunderstorms was located from Brampton, moving southeast at 35 km/h, to North York and Newcastle.
This weather alert had hazards that included rain, between 50 and 75 mm, and wind gusts of up to 70 km/h, it said.
A heat warning has also ended for Toronto and much of southern Ontario, with strong westerly winds moving in and pushing out the humidity to create a dryer and cooler Monday.
#OPP officers are responding to numerous calls of storm related damage in Marmora, Madoc and along #Hwy7 north of Tweed. Significant damage to property. Trees and wires down . No reports of injuries at this time. If you observe a dangerous situation call 9-1-1. @OPP_COMM_ER ^ec pic.twitter.com/dF6Rkk6Yyc
— OPP East Region (@OPP_ER) July 25, 2022
