At least 33,000 Ontario residents were without power on Saturday, one major utility said.
An online map from Hydro One showed almost 600 active outages as of mid-afternoon, mainly in southern and eastern Ontario.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“That’s pretty much what happened,” said Peter Kimbell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with the weather agency.One of the highest wind gusts recorded Saturday was in Port Colborne, Ont., on the shores of Lake Erie, where wind speeds reached as high as 100 kilometres per hour. Environment Canada said earlier that regions on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in particular could see sporadic gusts exceeding 90 kilometres per hour coming off the water.Article content
But the stormy conditions were relatively short-lived as they passed over the province, Kimbell said, adding areas battered by high winds should already be seeing local improvement.The cold front was moving east, Kimbell said, noting the active weather associated with it is expected to reach eastern Ontario and the province of Quebec as the afternoon progresses.“Eastern Ontario and southern Quebec are in the crosshairs of later today,” he said.
The agency’s advisories for Ontario said winds are expected to gradually ease from west to east throughout the afternoon and into Saturday evening.Share this article in your social network
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